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[tld221]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

AOII chapters are not named in order. Each chapter chooses it's own name with it's own special meaning, so to know which one came first in alphabetical order would only be useful for filing!

well, in that case, i REALLY hope that NMs know the greek alphabet... i mean, chartering members wouldnt their chapter ending up as (for example) Tau Omega, only to think they were getting Theta Omicron...

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by tld221

well, in that case, i REALLY hope that NMs know the greek alphabet... i mean, chartering members wouldnt their chapter ending up as (for example) Tau Omega, only to think they were getting Theta Omicron...

Thanks for being the devil's advocate...I'm sure that's a really big problem!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Trying to get back on track, here:

Sigma Phi Epsilon's Balanced Man and Sigma Sigma Sigma's Essential Sigma are very impressive programs. I hope all organizations go this way in the next few years. I fear that we will make ourselves obsolete if we don't. I will say it again and again, in the hopes that our HQ's are all listening.

On the other topic, you can't say that fewer men leave because they are hazed. There are too many other factors. Men rush differently, maybe they do a better job of placing people in the right chapters. Men bond differently, they tend to be closer with their pledge classes as opposed to older classes. And men are just different, there is more of a stigma around dropping out.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Thanks for being the devil's advocate...I'm sure that's a really big problem!

Actually, yes it is. My chapter was Gamma Omicron. Our sorority also has a chapter named Gamma Omega. Our mail got reversed because the person working at HQ didn't know the Greek alphabet and we got in trouble for "refusing mail" when actually it was Gamma Omega who did so.

I'm not sure that your interpretation of spending a week on the Greek alphabet and nothing else in your old pledge program is correct - it would be helpful if we could actually see what the program said.

As Kelli stated, we don't live in a vacuum. You don't just join your sorority, you join the Greek community at your college and around the world. To say knowledge of that community is unimportant to being a good member of your group is untrue.

[REE1993]

Learning the alphabet was VERY important. Why?

So that we didn't let the match that our big sisters very holding burn their fingers!