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All 26 groups in the NPC are to call pledges "new members"....
This was a unanimous decision adopted and agreed to by all 26 women's fraternities (i.e. "sororities"") in the National Panhellenic Conference.
Some might have their own special names,
i.e. Alpha Delta Pi calls their new members "Alphas",
Phi Mus calls them "Phis", but the term pledge is now a no-no.
I think it stems from the fact that in the eyes of NPC groups, you are considered a New Member as you have received an invitation to membership, and accepted it. You just haven't gone through the process of learning all the history, etc.
Also, an AOII friend explained it to me that pledge is a verb, (i.e. you "pledge" to be loyal to your GLO), rather than a noun..something like that....
Last edited by CutiePie2000; 09-15-2001 at 09:45 PM.
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