Let me just say that there are differences between our organizations. Period. That doesn't make one better than the other, or more respectful of our founders, or anything else!
I love the scarlet & olive that our 7 founders chose. It has significant symbolic meaning to our fraternity. I love the golden lyre that symbolizes our fraternity. I love the red carnation that represents our bond. I love my fraternity and all it represents!
I also love that I am allowed to buy what appeals to me personally. I can be creative while representing my organization. Our (AXO) bid day shirts, party shirts, etc. can have different themes and different colors. We have had navy shirts, purple shirts, bright blue shirts, black shirts etc. depending on the event. I have letters in red/green plaid (its very hard to find scarlet & olive together so we tend to settle for the Christmas version
) I have letters in a floral print. I have them in animal print, and blue dragonfly print. I love them all, not because of the colors that they are, but
because of what the actual letters mean to me . No matter if they were pink, blue, red, yellow, purple, whatever...the AXO letters will always mean the same thing to me - love and respect for my organization.
If people want letters in their group colors - that's fine. If they want different colors - that's fine too. If a group mandates what colors can & can't be used - that's fine too.
I just think too often in life we are too quick to say one way is better/best/the only way/etc. It shouldn't be that way here. We all learn new stuff on this board from each other. Some stuff we agree on, some we don't. Sometimes we disagree within the groups. Sometimes we can actually agree on things!
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"Alpha Chi Omega - If you only had 2 wishes, what would your second one be?"
[This message has been edited by AXO Alum (edited September 27, 2000).]