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Last semester when I was a new member, one of the girls in my n.m. class asked an "old member" if she could buy an extra ZTA shirt for her 17-year-old sister for Christmas, and the "old member" told her "no, that's not a good idea." Obviously the girl being in high school would probably (although not necessarilly) wear the shirt to her school & brag to her friends like "I'm gonna be a ZTA because my sister is". Especially since the shirt to which she was refferring was a stitched-letter shirt and did NOT have any other phrases on it like "legacy" or anything. Obviously it would also just not be right for a non-member to wear a shirt with just our letters on them, because she has not yet (and may not ever) "earn" those by becoming a ZTA. Then my fellow new member proceeded to say "Well y'all better be nice to my sister, because she's coming through rush next fall." That phrase bothered me... why would we NOT be nice to ANYONE going through rush?!? It's not like we're going to be MEAN to ANYONE, even if we don't think they're right for ZTA. LOL.
I bought my mom, on the other hand, a vest that said "ZTA mom" on it, but that's a completely different story.
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