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Originally posted by AlphaPhiBubbles
In my personal experience we have had new members who did extremely embarassing (and I don't mean like wearing white after labor day) things, but since everyone knew they were a new member, it didn't represent our chapter necesarily because the women were not initiated. It's a trial period for a reason.
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You're confusing damaging with embarassing. If a pledge in my chapter was to be found guilty of using a date rape drug, that would reflect incredbily badly on my chapter no matter how fast we kicked them out. If a new member of Alpha Phi in your chapter were to fall off the roof of your chapter house, your chapter would be in legal trouble, and it could lead to the taking of your charter.
Granted the pledge period is a chance to see the potential these students have in becoming members of your org, but I have to again say that it matters more on whether they have earned the privilage of knowing your principles than it does on being able to wear your letters.
Would your pledge experience really have been that much different if you had been able to wear letters?