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Originally posted by MysticCat81
Just my opinion, and not trying to criticize any other org's policies, but it seems to me that if it's hazing to tell new members that they can't wear letters, then it's also hazing to say that they can't wear the badge. What's the difference? It would seem arbitrary to say that "until you're initiated you don't know the meaning of the badge" because until you're initiated you probably don't know the meaning of the letters either.
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Some orgs (like ASA & AST) have an open motto that corresponds to the letters, so that argument doesn't hold water for us. I've never had any problem with people wearing letters before they were initiated, for the above reason, but not the crest.
On the other hand, if your letters have no correlation to anything OPEN, I would understand why you'd be against pledges wearing them. I don't presume to tell any other sorority what they should do.
At any rate - regarding Leigh Ann's original example, that girl should not be wearing any kind of letters. She's not a sister, pledge, or alumna. Her pledge was broken when the chapter was closed.