Actives Need to Clean Up Facebook, Too

[KSUViolet06]

My chapter never told us the things we could/couldn't have on Facebook. We were instructed to just make our Facebook/MySpace pages visible to our friends only (which most people did anyway in response to a stalking situation we had). That solved the problem of "cleaning up" Facebook because no PNMs could even see our profiles.

My attitude about PNMs and sorority members partying is different because I went to one of the "party" schools in my state. So girls are in a picture and they're partying? Okay. This is college. A beer in a picture is not awful. And about the coozie, people aren't always thinking about whether items have letters on them, especially if they're not in public. If you're judging ENTIRE groups based on their Facebook photos, then you are going to have a limited choice of sororities because guess what, EVERYONE parties.

[GeekyPenguin]

Here's my first problem with this PNM judging actives issue:

The girls you are looking at are not for sure actives. One of my pledge sisters (who has been an alum for two years but her profile does not indicate the year she graduated) has a Facebook photo that says "all the Gamma Phis toasting X at her wedding" and there are pictures of a bunch of us holding up wine/champagne/cocktails (and yes, even some beer bottles) toasting the bride. We are alumnae! We are allowed to drink alcohol!

If you don't want to join a house where sisters of age are allowed to consume alcohol, then don't. However, suggesting this is really not going to help you, as OTW pointed out in her post. I really think that you should stop posting on GC ASAP if you would like to entertain any thoughts of getting a bid. How many junior transfers will be going through at your school? You are probably very easily identifiable.

[AOII Angel]

AOII has no ban on drinking in letters, nor does several other groups that were on my campus. All four sororities went to PIKEFest every year clothed in bid day shirts (usually sewn letters) and drank PIKE punch until we were all tipsy. Some groups may have a rule against it, but in my humble opinion, I won't do anything out of my letters that I wouldn't do in them! If it's a rule of the sorority in general or of the chapter, then I'd follow it. Otherwise, I don't think it is disrespectful.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

AOII has no ban on drinking in letters, nor does several other groups that were on my campus. All four sororities went to PIKEFest every year clothed in bid day shirts (usually sewn letters) and drank PIKE punch until we were all tipsy. Some groups may have a rule against it, but in my humble opinion, I won't do anything out of my letters that I wouldn't do in them! If it's a rule of the sorority in general or of the chapter, then I'd follow it. Otherwise, I don't think it is disrespectful.

That may be the first thing I agree with you on.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

AOII has no ban on drinking in letters, nor does several other groups that were on my campus. All four sororities went to PIKEFest every year clothed in bid day shirts (usually sewn letters) and drank PIKE punch until we were all tipsy. Some groups may have a rule against it, but in my humble opinion, I won't do anything out of my letters that I wouldn't do in them! If it's a rule of the sorority in general or of the chapter, then I'd follow it. Otherwise, I don't think it is disrespectful.

The way I understand it this has a lot to do with campus culture and by laws in many organizations...not necessarily the national/international regulations. Actually I'm not sure which ours falls under (I know my chapter is fairly strict about what we should do in our letters/not do and where they should/should not be worn, but I don't know if that's a chapter thing or an international thing)...AGD's?


I have no idea what this girl said before, but she DID post in this thread two things that I would give her a YES for...not believeing in "top and bottom" tiers, and pursuing dreams.

[FSUZeta]

i hope that chapters will take heed as to ocalagirls observations. while one may not agree with what she said, she did offer the opinion of a pnm and there will be other pnms who look at a sorority members profile, see lewd/provocative photos or photos that show members partying down and then think that these photos represents the chapter as a whole. may not be right, but it happens.

after all, sorority members are busy looking at pnm profiles and passing judgement on them. it is a two way street.

[33girl]

It would be one thing if she had said "all the facebook profiles of XYZ I see, they're partying or drinking and I'm not a big party girl so I don't think I'd enjoy being in that group." I remember people saying things like that in rush stories and no one was offended.

It's quite another to do as she did and presume to tell initiated members what they should or should not do when wearing letters. She has no idea what they mean and has no place talking about the etiquette associated with them.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It's quite another to do as she did and presume to tell initiated members what they should or should not do when wearing letters. She has no idea what they mean and has no place talking about the etiquette associated with them.

Exactly. I mean, I know our open motto is Aspire, Seek, Attain...but that's just covering up the secret meaning of Always Seeks Alcohol. Therefore, pics in letters shooting tequila out of shotglasses with crests on them please our founders greatly.

/sarcasm