Well Sorors,
I don't know when or where you pledged...but I do know that their are some 20+ year Zetas on this board.
I, for one, understand that you want to smirk at people saying they are frat and soror when they aren't constitutionally bound...but the reality is, it's a free country. We haven't written the book on it(bonds) and we are not the only ones to have a bond, ours is just the only NPHC one to be constitutional.
Pledging "old school" teaches you quite abit about respect for other greeks and about Greek Unity(which is still alive and well) and while we might have sibling rivalry and might jest at others about their "bonds,"(I joke my Alpha friend all the time when he mentions the word "Soror"...we both just laugh and move on) it is of no consequence to us. The biZneZZ of Zeta and Sigma does go on. We have many things that set us apart, and the bond is just one of many.
A good friend of mine(a Kappa) once said, "if your organiZation is da bomb, you have no need to put others down in other to make yours tighter." So, I'll leave you with that thought...Peace and God Bless.
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The Epitome of Beauty, Style, and Grace, Always Exemplifying Good Taste, A Zeta Woman,
A Finer Woman, That's Me!
[This message has been edited by PrettyKitty (edited July 31, 2001).]