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Originally posted by SoCalGirl:
But they have to wear a collared shirt w/ it at least. So it's very rare to see a Sigma Chi pledge in a t-shirt 
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So that is why the Sigma Chi pledges were always lookin' so GQ
. When I was in school, the DZ pledges had to wear their pledge pins with "pin attire" aka no jeans like the rest of the sororities could. (one reason I didn't go DZ - I didn't have enough dressy-up clothes for 6 weeks.)
During my sorority pledge time, we had to wear our pledge pins & ribbons 8-5 (or whenever our first class was) on the weekdays. We never had to wear them on the weekends or to midweek mixers or anything so we were never set apart as pledges in a social situation. A Phi O was way worse on this - there were supposedly pledges living with brothers who had to wear their pledge pins in their earring-hole in the shower.
UNF, I totally agree with you about use of the word "pledge." It is not what you say it is how you say it. I felt honored to be a pledge and was never degraded, so I didn't mind the word at all. I'm sure if an org is of the mindset, "new member" or whatever can sound way uglier than pledge or anything else you could say.
I think pledges should be thrilled to wear their pins too - but a lot of times, they get indoctrinated before pledging or even rush begins that anything asked of them is hazing. Think for yourselves people. If you don't mind wearing a pledge pin don't let someone tell you you should.