Formal name for Bigs/Littles?

AGDAlum · #1 10-19-2001, 05:03 PM

Just curious -- does your GLO have a formal name for the big/little sister/brother program?

For example, in Alpha Gam we call 'em sister-mothers and sister-daughters. IIRC, in Alpha Chi the big is the "mystagogue," which I think means something like a guide to the mysteries.

Anyone else?

Optimist Prime · #2 10-19-2001, 05:07 PM

I call mine Chris.

AGDAlum · #3 10-19-2001, 05:47 PM

My question was what your GLO calls the program. I kinda doubt your fellows all refer to their Big Chrises and their Little Chrises...

GmuTeke · #4 10-19-2001, 05:49 PM

LOL, actually my little calls his big brother Chris, it being my name and all.

Sorry, no formal Greek-name for big/little brothers in my fraternity.

Optimist Prime · #5 10-19-2001, 10:47 PM

Lol. My bad. I really need a nap.

AngelPhiSig · #6 10-19-2001, 11:12 PM

In Phi Sigma Sigma we have Sapphire Sisters... and in TBS we have sponsors... its all Big and Little to me!

carnation · #7 10-22-2001, 04:12 PM

With us, it seems to vary from chapter to chapter. Before we get a big sister, though, we get a Beta Buddy like the AOPis get Panda Pals and the ChiOs get Owl Pals.

PinkStar17 · #8 10-22-2001, 04:52 PM

In Phi Mu we call them Carnation sisters, but here we call them big sis and lil sis.

AEPhi-QTPie · #9 10-26-2001, 08:42 PM

While an undergrad, we incorporated a new "heart sister" program that came from above, I think to keep from calling women "little sisters". Well, I am not sure how that fared, since we just started calling each other "big heart sister", "little heart sister" anyway. From reading the other NPC groups' names, i.e. "Sapphire Sister", etc., I would gather that this was a national movement to eliminate nicknames that may or may not connote superiority/inferiority. I personally LOVED being someone's little sister, since I had no siblings of my own. Thoughts?

lyrelyre · #10 10-27-2001, 02:50 PM

At Alpha Chi Omega we formally call them mystagogues. But at my chapter we call them Moms and Dotters. We call our temps Lyre Buddies.

Heather · #11 10-27-2001, 06:18 PM

at my chapter (Chi Omega) we had grand big sis, Big sis, little sis, grandlittle sis, you get the idea, just add great "onto" the beginning to continue the tree.

Before your big sis, you had "F.F.F.s", (pronounced "fufufu's") which stood for fine feathered friends.

shadokat · #12 10-27-2001, 09:49 PM

We've always called ours bigs and littles. We also have Pearl Pals and during NME, we have Guardian Angels. You don't know who they are until after pledging is over, but during it, they give you little gifts and notes of encouragement and support It's really neat to find out who it is in the end, and it gives younger women the opportunity to get a feeling for being a big before it happens.

ZTAMich · #13 10-28-2001, 07:39 PM

We have Berry Buddies before we are given an official Big Sister.

ZTAngel · #14 10-30-2001, 01:18 AM

I know that ADPi does not have a big/lil sisters. They are actually referred to as Diamond Sisters.

jharb · #15 01-29-2002, 01:40 AM

In my chapter of Pi Phi we start out with Bid Day Buddies and we hang out with them on bid day, mine was the girl who prefed me. Then we get Guardian Angels who leave us presents and notes each week at the pledge meetings. Each week we are paired with a different Phi Friend who we get to go hang out with. It's a nice way to meet a lot of the girls in the chapter. After the pledge retreat we get our Big Sisters. I'm so excited for the pledge retreat! It sounds like so much fun!

Jess