Stealing Items...

LoggerTheta · #1 01-14-2007, 01:07 PM

Personally I don't mind a prank, but when it goes into the realm of vandalism, it really frosts my cookies if you catch my drift. Last fall, we had our brand new composite stolen, painted all over with acrylic paint so thick that you couldn't tell what was underneath it, and returned to us. Our chapter president thought it was one of our sister's abstract art projects. We also had about 7 or 8 of our older composites stolen that we still haven't gotten back. So... in conclusion, don't be mean.

emily0325 · #2 01-17-2007, 12:45 AM

Me and one of my roommates have a little stealing wore with 2 guys from another fraternity. We always get the stuff back though.. it's a fun game. I think it's okay to do this stuff if it's done in good fun and nothing gets damaged.

PeppyGPhiB · #3 01-17-2007, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LoggerTheta

Personally I don't mind a prank, but when it goes into the realm of vandalism, it really frosts my cookies if you catch my drift. Last fall, we had our brand new composite stolen, painted all over with acrylic paint so thick that you couldn't tell what was underneath it, and returned to us. Our chapter president thought it was one of our sister's abstract art projects. We also had about 7 or 8 of our older composites stolen that we still haven't gotten back. So... in conclusion, don't be mean.

We had something similar happen to my chapter. My sophomore or junior year, one of our composites was taken off the wall during a party. The next time we saw it, it was on the wall of another house, with many of the members' photos "doodled" on or cut out. Turns out it wasn't even a fraternity that took it...it was members of the baseball team! Apparently they thought we'd find the humor in it, but we were PISSED...it was one of our first composites (we were a young chapter) and anyone who's greek knows how expensive they are. Not to mention that the vandalized composite was displayed for hundreds of other students to see whenever they were in the house. We got it back, but what were we supposed to do with it?

SororChic6 · #4 01-17-2007, 05:10 PM

i attend a school that barely has any greek life- there's just my sorority and the national service co-ed frat. it is a commuter school so there are not many people interested in pledging. anyway, i've found that the frat has gone so far as to rip down our rush posters (in an attempt to stop any interests from coming to us)- they have admitted this to us on many occassions but we have not stooped to their level yet. is there anyway to deal with this without having a contest to see which org can take down the most posters? will reporting them to national do anything?

Drolefille · #5 01-17-2007, 05:15 PM

Possibly challenging them to another type of competition to divert their energy.
Reporting them to the school may be a better option than to their HQ though.

SororChic6 · #6 01-17-2007, 05:30 PM

thanks for the advice but our school does not technically allow sorors so if we report them we're kinda shooting ourselves in the foot. my school doesn't care too much if we put up posters because we don't cause much of a disturbance and because the campus is so big.

Drolefille · #7 01-17-2007, 05:32 PM

Gotcha, well, are there any cross-members? Have you guys tried talking to each other? Are they allowed on campus (because they're service or co-ed)?

SororChic6 · #8 01-17-2007, 05:37 PM

there are alot of them on campus actually. we have tried talking with them and i guess we came off a bit peeved when we found out that they were the ones taking down the posters. they are allowed on campus because they're not considered a "real frat"- they're known for service even though they wear letters. this problem sorta seems unsolvable until a panhellenic group can be formed- but what's the point of a group with 2 orgs? we have already tried setting up rules that both orgs would go by- i.e. no taking down posters, no bad-mouthing the other org to potential interests... but they don't seem to work