Letters at another house?

Lil_G · #1 03-16-2001, 11:56 AM

Hey guys I've received a lot of mixed opinion on this subject so maybe you can give me your opinion. Is it disrespectful to wear your letters at another fraternity house event (kegger)? Some people are telling me it is, others are telling me it isn't. We're the newest group on campus just looking to make our presence known.

gphi2k · #2 03-16-2001, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by Lil_G:
Hey guys I've received a lot of mixed opinion on this subject so maybe you can give me your opinion. Is it disrespectful to wear your letters at another fraternity house event (kegger)? Some people are telling me it is, others are telling me it isn't. We're the newest group on campus just looking to make our presence known.

I find it very hard to believe that any fraternatity would be 'offended' by your wearing letters to their event.

On my campus, everyone wears their letters to frat parties. It's a frat even after all, open to all members of fratland. I think it would make perfect sense for all your guys to wear their letters to a frat party so that they can be noticed. You are not a threat to them in any way.

Further more, given that I know that you are at U of O, and therefore knowing how small the greek community is there, I would think that it would be appreciated that you are supporting their house by attending their function. That's how it works at my school. (with the minor excpetion of a few houses who seem to be at constant war with one another. they show up at eachother's parties in full letter regalia to be annoying. but that's the exception.
So go to those keggers and wear your letters proud

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Leslie

shadokat · #3 03-16-2001, 12:21 PM

I know that in our organization, it is against our alcohol policy to wear letters while drinking. This means in a bar, at a kegger, or anywhere where you will be consuming alcohol. Now, this is a bit strict, I agree. We would not wear our sweatshirts or jackets or that sort of big letters to parties or bars, but we didn't take off our lavaliers or anything like that.

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AOX81 · #4 03-16-2001, 12:22 PM

Well where I'm from it's ok for sorority girls to where their letters to fraternity houses but it is considered disrespectful for guys to wear their letters to another house.

We usually don't wear our letters to parties because if we are wearing letters then we can't have any alcoholic beverages.

I would check with people first, get some opinions from people on your campus, don't mess up Greek relations because of letters.

If you can't wear them at keggers, where them everywhere else. If you are trying to make your presence known pick a day and have everyone in your organization wear a letter shirt.

Have a nice day

gphi2k · #5 03-16-2001, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by James:
This may not be a big deal but . . . if there is any risk of the kegger being busted you may not want anyone wearing letters at all.

If there are enough of you there to be noticed as a group you never know what the report might look like afterwards and you don't need the hassle.

This can be especially true in unofficial fraternity houses.

This assuming that KEgs are against your school and national policy.

It might not be a school or national issue. It's might just be dependant on whether or not the party is licenced. I say there might not be a school policy, because, most of the Canadian campuses don't recognize the greek system. Our parties aren't monitored at all. The only way you'll get in trouble at our frat parties is if the neighbours complain (all our houses are situated smack dab in the middle of an upscale residential community). The parties here are busted a lot cause the neigbours complain a lot. I have no idea what the situation is like up at Ottawa tho. Are you guys recognzied by the school???

Lil_G · #6 03-16-2001, 05:03 PM

No, we're not recognized by the school, that's not an issue. Neither is alcohol policies of getting busted, that's not an issue either. I'm surprised at how much the opinions of greeks vary, even by chapter. We could probably wear the letters and get away without insulting anyone because we don't mean any harm, or we don't wear them and if anyone asks we explain the situation.
Anyways, thanks for your advice everyone.

33girl · #7 03-16-2001, 08:37 PM

**assuming that wearing letters while drinking is accepted in general**

If you were at a fraternity party, I would have to say skip the letters. I've seen guys hanging out at fraternity houses other than their own (sometimes more than their own) but not with letters on.

But if Joe TKE has a party at his personal house that isn't a "TKE party" per se, I would say wearing your letters is fine.

CutiePie2000 · #8 03-17-2001, 01:13 AM

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Originally posted by Lil_G:
Is it disrespectful to wear your letters at another fraternity house event (kegger)?

Lil_G, at UBC (where I went) I would say "No, it's not disrepectful", because I *did* see guys wearing their letters at Greek Beer Gardens etc. But this could be a "regional" thing, since you're getting varying answers as to whether it is, or is not "disrespectful". I would say, ask some of your friends who are in different GLO's on your campus and see what they say.

Good Luck with getting your house's name out there!

Lil_G · #9 03-17-2001, 01:21 AM

Yeah i've been getting a lot of mixed opinions by the greeks up here, that's why I posted this thread. I've talked to freinds in the largest sorority (tri delts) and fraternity (sammies), the general consensus is that it's somewhat disrespectful, so I'll tell the boys not to do it.

My roommate gave a good analogy: "that's like going to a bar and trying to promote your own bar that is in the market"

Thanks for your advice Les and AOX, both are good points but when it comes down to it the most important thing is to avoid conflicts.

James · #10 03-17-2001, 01:28 AM

This may not be a big deal but . . . if there is any risk of the kegger being busted you may not want anyone wearing letters at all.

If there are enough of you there to be noticed as a group you never know what the report might look like afterwards and you don't need the hassle.

This can be especially true in unofficial fraternity houses.

This assuming that KEgs are against your school and national policy.

CutiePie2000 · #11 03-17-2001, 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by James:
This may not be a big deal but . . . if there is any risk of the kegger being busted you may not want anyone wearing letters at all.

If there are enough of you there to be noticed as a group you never know what the report might look like afterwards and you don't need the hassle.

This can be especially true in unofficial fraternity houses.

This assuming that KEgs are against your school and national policy.

Excellent advice (and excellent points), James!