Pledge Pin Requirements

[speedsters]

When I was a new memeber we wore ours all the time, unless sleeping, at practice or drinking (and then we were told to pin it to our bras). I love the ZTA new member pin, it is so different. I was glad though if i did forget to put it on, I wouldn't be yelled at as some of the other sororities did.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by speedsters

When I was a new memeber we wore ours all the time, unless sleeping, at practice or drinking (and then we were told to pin it to our bras). I love the ZTA new member pin, it is so different. I was glad though if i did forget to put it on, I wouldn't be yelled at as some of the other sororities did.

Does your chapter still do it this way - just curious. I love not only that our NM pin is so unique, but also what it stands for.

[KSUViolet06]

My chapter requires the NMs to wear their NM pins to any event at which active members are required to wear badges. For example, if chapter is badge attire and actives wear badges, the NMs are expected to wear their pins. They are encouraged to wear them when ever they're wearing pin attire around campus, but we would never make it mandatory.

Reason: The NM pin is only to be worn when you're dressed properly. Why would we want them walking around wearing our pin when they (for example) are going to softball practice or going to the gym or lounging wearing sweats? The same rules apply to the badge. Why would we make the NMs wear their pins everywhere, if we wouldn't make actives wear the badge at all times?

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

My chapter requires the NMs to wear their NM pins to any event at which active members are required to wear badges. For example, if chapter is badge attire and actives wear badges, the NMs are expected to wear their pins. They are encouraged to wear them when ever they're wearing pin attire around campus, but we would never make it mandatory.

Reason: The NM pin is only to be worn when you're dressed properly. Why would we want them walking around wearing our pin when they (for example) are going to softball practice or going to the gym or lounging wearing sweats? The same rules apply to the badge. Why would we make the NMs wear their pins everywhere, if we wouldn't make actives wear the badge at all times?

It was made clear that the Pledge Pin (as it was still called then) was only to be worn when wearing chapter attire. Not all pledges wear chapter attire when attending classes, so we wore Pledge Ribbons instead.

[AlphaXi4983]

As a pledge class we all decided to wear them every day (unless doing something inappropriate), but the only time the chapter required us to wear them was when the sisters were required to wear their Quills (formal meeting, etc.).