[thetanustew]

Just to chime in on the pledges not wearing colors discussion...

one reason pledges are often not allowed to wear colors is that many organizations keep their intake process extremely secret. Not only do pledges not get to wear letters until they have been initiated, they do not get to let anyone know that they have been accepted to go through the sorority's intake process. Part of the reason is that if everyone knows Suzie Q. is an XYZ pledge, and she doesn't make it all the way through the process, that reflects badly (and publicly) on both her and the sorority that she did not make it in to. (She couldn't handle the intake process or couldn't manage her time or whatever. Also the sisterhood looks bad because they seem to accept women who give up easily. Both are bad reflections.) If Suzie Q. nevers wears the sorority's colors, then she is not linked to the sorority and no one knows she trying to become an XYZ.

Another reason that some groups forbid pledges wearing their colors during the intake process is much like the reason they forbid pledges from wearing letters--when you earn the right to sport the colors from head to toe and to wear the letters, you get the "we finally got our green" feeling that someone mentioned earlier.

And to respond to the comment about not being able to wear blue jeans with a white t-shirt being harsh...yes, it is serious...if you are not supposed to wear blue and white, then you just don't wear blue and white!

I know that this all sounds sort of odd, but that's the way it the system works in a lot of organizations!

Proud to wear the lavender and Carolina blue of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.--