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Kappaloo:
honestly, I really don't know how I'd react if I saw a Postulant walking around in letters. It's just sorta understood here at our school that the NM's don't wear letters till they get in. And despite what you think, I'm sorry but I'll aruge till the day I die that a new member is not a full sister/brother. You don't become that until you are initaited under the Ritual of your organization. I can't speak for your laws or whatever, but as far as our national goes, it is made very clear that a man isn't a "Brother" until paying his initation fees and then partaking in the ceremony.
You're right, nothing is stopping a NM from going into our campus baookstore, buying letters, and wearing them. Just like nothing is stopping me from ordering a Kappa Kappa gamma shirt and proudly strutting around in it. The letters don't make the Brother/Sister, it should just be one of the perks. But I'll say it again to be clear, YOU ARE NOT A FULL BROTHER/SISTER UNTIL INTIATED UNDER RITUAL. Otherwise, what's to stop me from saying that I could go to a Delta Chi or Kappa Sigma Bid Party and then walk around claiming I'm a Brother? It's just wrong.
Sorry if you disagree, but it's just wrong. Can anyone back me up here? Maybe I'm not explaining all this right...
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