Old-School Greek terms wrong?

[zetamere]

It's not that there is anything wrong with the terms themselves, they've just come to represent "what's wrong" with the Greek system.

We have new members now but we also still have Formal Pledging, as in a ritual. We (every Greek) all take a plegde at that time. A new member can still say "I pledged ZTA," and everyone will understand what she means. You would never say "I New Membered ZTA." That's just creepy sounding.

You are right that we sometimes use terms that are more generic so that non-Greeks or Greeks from other campuses can understand us. Don't apologize for that. Some of this stuff is the new politically correct Greek system. It's taken away some of the uniqueness to our system, too. Anyone who's seen the sisters side of Formal Recruitment knows that Rush was the absolute best term for the process ever!