Pledge Pin Requirements

[lisarpotter]

Hello Everyone!

I am curious to see how other Fraternities and Sororities handle pledge pins. For example, does your organization have pledge pins, are your pledges required to wear them at all times, and are there any times when you tell your pledges not to wear them?

I am a member of Omega Phi Alpha and we require our pledges to wear there plege pins at all times, unless they are exercising, at work if their employer won't allow it, or participating in activities that would give the organization a negative reputation. (Like if they were out drinking or something... in occassions like that, we suggest that the pledge wear her pin on the inside of her shirt.)

Any input from other organizations would be helpful.

Thanks!

[Tom Earp]

New Associates/Recruits/Rushees, or what ever you want to call them are required to wear them except under certain circumstances.

If they do not want to wear them then why would they want to be there?

[honeychile]

Back when I was a pledge, we wore our pledge pin at all times, except in the conditions you mention, or to bed. Yes, some other sororities required their pledges to wear their pins to bed!

But now we have New Members - Alphas - and they wear their pledge pins only when wearing Pin Attire (what you would wear to a religious service or to a business meeting).

My own opinion is that there should be a happy medium between the two extremes. I wouldn't mind seeing more of the New Member pin rather than less - but I'll "toe the line".

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by honeychile

My own opinion is that there should be a happy medium between the two extremes. I wouldn't mind seeing more of the New Member pin rather than less - but I'll "toe the line".

I agree. I don't think I wore my pledge pin more than a dozen times during my pledge period, and it was a really pretty pin! Then again, I always liked dressing up for chapter and thought we had too many "informal" chapters where you could wear jeans, etc.

[Senusret I]

For APO, we used to go by the three Ss:

Sleeping
Sports
Sex

Or in other words, wear it at all times unless doing so would cause physical harm.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

For APO, we used to go by the three Ss:

Sleeping
Sports
Sex

Or in other words, wear it at all times unless doing so would cause physical harm.

Amazing. Being A Member of APO, you worry me.

APO is Not a member of any Social GLO Organizarion but a Service Fraternity.

APO has a Greek Letter designation and only that!

What ever your agenda is, I am not sure? That worries me.

Member of APO, BU chapter and now closed.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Amazing. Being A Member of APO, you worry me.

APO is Not a member of any Social GLO Organizarion but a Service Fraternity.

APO has a Greek Letter designation and only that!

What ever your agenda is, I am not sure? That worries me.

Member of APO, BU chapter and now closed.

National Pledging Standards, Section 5 - Wearing of Insignia:

An appropriate period of pledging includes wearing an official pledge pin at all times.

I am an ACTIVE alumnus of Alpha Phi Omega -- sponsor of two petitioning groups and President of my alumni association. And what is it that you do?

[Virtuous Woman]

Anyone in APO who has had an appropriate period of pledging knows that pledge pins are required at all times possible.

So what's your point, Tom?

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

National Pledging Standards, Section 5 - Wearing of Insignia:

An appropriate period of pledging includes wearing an official pledge pin at all times.

I am an ACTIVE alumnus of Alpha Phi Omega -- sponsor of two petitioning groups and President of my alumni association. And what is it that you do?

Whoop. There it is.

Originally Posted by Virtuous Woman

Anyone in APO who has had an appropriate period of pledging knows that pledge pins are required at all times possible.

So what's your point, Tom?

Originally Posted by Senusret I

The dead has arisen!

Wow, Virtuous Woman, where have you BEEN?

[DZ BetaDelta]

Our Delta Zeta chapter when I was going through pledging made us wear Pin Attire every monday and thursday during the day and on our New Member meetings every sunday night. we had to wear our pledge pin and just below it we had a small pink and green ribbon (like the memorial ribbons) pinned there also. during purity week we replaced them with white ribbons.

most of the sororities at our school did about the same thing with their pledges.


i don't miss wearing heels to class on snowy days!!

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

For APO, we used to go by the three Ss:

Sleeping
Sports
Sex

Or in other words, wear it at all times unless doing so would cause physical harm.

We dont allow pledges to wear it unless sober either. We say the three Ss are Sloppy, Sleeping, Sex.

[emb021]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

For APO, we used to go by the three Ss:

Sleeping
Sports
Sex

Or in other words, wear it at all times unless doing so would cause physical harm.

Actually, in APO its 5 Ss. (but please note, these are unofficial)

You left out:

Sloshed (ie, drinking)
Shower (going to/from the showers, showering)

[SthrnZeta]

In ZTA, we only wear our pledge pins during events in which "pin attire" is requested - chapter meetings, church, etc. So I didn't wear mine very much - and ours is very unique so I wouldn't have minded wearing it more. Other chapters on my campus required the wearing of their pledge pins or ribbons throughout the pledge period or they would ask the chapter to dress up more often so as to wear their badge/pin (AOPi did this most often) and I believe AXiD had their NMs wear their pledge ribbon, as did GPhiB. Chi-O and A-phi did as we did I believe.

[MysticCat]

In Phi Mu Alpha, per our General Regulations for Collegiate Chapters, the probationary member pin "shall be worn at all reasonable times (i.e. probationary members shall not be required to wear the pin during sleep, at times when it could cause injury, etc.). It shall be worn on the clothing over the heart and shall be plainly visible. However, the probationary member pin shall not be worn on coat lapels, coats or jackets, collars, or ties."