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Originally Posted by MsDGP007
The point I was trying to make was not to equate anything the IFC/NPC orgs do to NPHC traditions; just to point out that they do not have "a monopoly" on these traditions between pre-LGLO/MCGLO life. I have not attended every college in the country; so I can only attest to what I have seen myself. In no way am I implying that all of XYZ fraternity/sorority does anything. Just that it is not unheard of.
Again, I am not concerned with rather so-and-so's handsign has a secret meaning or if it's official or anything of the sort. But when you have non-NPHC groups proudly showing their handsigns on threads like these, then there is no real reason to think that handsigns are simply a trivial and haphazard action just because they do not hold the same meanings that the NPHC handsigns do. |
i think its not as deep as you are making it. with 26 orgs, and in a culture where handsigns may not be as relevant or common, or consistent between regions/chapters, to simply ask and display in a thread, "hey does your org have a sign, if so what is it?" doesn't make it less important to those orgs.
versus, within NPHC, only 9 orgs' signs to recognize/remember. no thread is needed for that - chances are fellow NPHC members will recognize each other's signs in the street, or on other campuses, etc. and similarily, the LGLOs/MCGLOs probably recognize each other's handsigns because there share a bond as a unified body.
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