Greeks on Spring Break

[alphachiohmy]

I have always wondered what impression people get about greeks on spring break? if anyone has been to South Padre for spring
break, you will see 30 or so flags from national IFC fraternitites. Below the flags are hundreds of
drinking college students. I have been one of those drinking college students, but I left almost all my letters at home because of the association with my chapter and a spring break atmosphere. Do other spring breakers post national flags at other Spring Break locations? I didn't think much of it when i was there, and I understand there is a sense of pride associated with being greek. But I wonder what message it sends to people watching spring break on television or
non-greeks to see those flags flying above a sea of drunks. What do you all think?


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[This message has been edited by alphachiohmy (edited July 02, 2001).]

[Dianne]

A lot of my sisters and I hang out with Pi Kapp on our campus. One spring break, we went to Mardi Gras (which is absolutely out of control, by the way). Many of the nights we were down in the French Quarter, the brothers would wear jerseys or hats or something with letters on it. But I did not once wear letters the entire time. First, my chapter has a rule that you don't drink or smoke in letters, which I think is a good rule. Also, I know the stigma "sorority girls" already have. I didn't want to make that worse by getting falling-down drunk in my jersey. (And even though I wasn't in letters, I still felt I owed it to myself and my sisters to act respectably. Not once in Mardi Gras did I flash any part of my body, though I was fairly intoxicated!) Maybe the guys can drink in letters b/c people almost expect them to (though I hate playing off the frat guy stereotype). For example, every March there is a steeplechase in Camden, SC that GLOs from all over the state go to. The fraternities often rent tents and fly flags with their letters and consume mass quantities of alcohol. Yet, very very few sororities have tents. I know for ZTA, the rule is that there is no drinking at "official" Zeta functions. So if we got a tent, we couldn't drink, and we don't really want to do that, so we go with the guys. So at least where I am from, there is a difference between the guys and the girls.

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[dchi_pride]

I'm a Delta Chi at Western Michigan University. This year, five of my brothers and myself went to Panama City for spring break and we saw many people wearing letters at some of the clubs/bars. At WMU we don't wear letters at the bars for various reasons, one being not to portay your GLO in a negative manner. Although some greeks from our school did wear letters at the bars, our brothers did very little if at all (I was even concerned about wearing sleeveless shirts when out at the bars because I have a Delta Chi tatoo on my right shoulder). It's one thing to proudly wear your letters, it's another to do it when you may find yourself drunk and doing things you may regret later. Besides what looks better to the ladies, a faded rush shirt with old beer stains, or black DKNY slacks with a nice dress shirt. I'm sure most ladies can tell you if you can't figure it out for yourself.

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[orchid2]

At Panama City Beach this past spring break, I spotted some Kappa Sigma guys at the Pizza Hut booth across from us at Pizza Hut lol. How did I know? They had letters shaved into the backs of their heads! I wonder if they kept them on there for *all* activities lol.

[BobcatAZD]

I, too, have been to Padre for Spring Break. But I have never seen a Sorority Flag flying. I know all my guy friends take there flags down, there. To me it's okay cause atleast I can find a lot of my buds, because they will be under there flags. I would never wear my letters, though. Wearing them is strictly prohibited around alcohol. But there was a decal on my car with my letters and my school, which I thought was kind of ironic, but I couldn't really help that one. As long as I wasn't drunk and alcohol wasn't pouring from my car, then I was proud to show what sorority I am in. It helped me to meet so many of my sisters from across the US

[BobcatAZD]

Oh yeah, and we always go to Mexico, when we are in Padre, and one of our sisters befriended a little seven year old girl. As my sister was leaving she noticed the little girl was wearing one of our drops (ya'll call them Lavaliere sp?) around her neck. She said some man had given to her that day. It was odd to note that another one of my sisters bags had been stolen, which contained a coin pouch that carried her drop! Pretty strange, huh?

[SigTauJake]

I travelved with 11 of my Sig Tau brothers to Panama City for spring break last spring. We took a flag, but instead of sticking it on the beach we put it on our balcony. We weren't drinking on our balcony, we just wanted to represent Sig Tau for that week. As for wearing our letters while drinking, we dressed nice when going out, black pants, and nice shirts; no sweatshirts, rush shirts, or letter shirts. We do wear our letters on necklaces, but you have to look for it to notice it. I am used to checking out the necklaces for letters at our school, so I pick it up more often, but would never notice them if I wasn't greek. We don't wear out letters to drink at our school, so we never even considered it on spring break.