Wear letters at a bar??

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I think most NPC women would be shocked to learn that a good amount of NPCs don't actually have alcohol policies in their Inter/National policies. It seems to have become a pretty common CHAPTER rule, and most people don't know which are chapter rules and national rules. I was told as an undergrad that ASA had national "Drinking in letters" rules, but there are none. Even Dolly Purvis Lloyd (a National VP) conceded that fact at District Days D4 last year - although if it were up to her, there would be.

Yeah, and that doesn't even touch Sidney Allen (former national Panhel prez) drinking in her pin.

This argument goes on and on and I think it's silly. If you're at a small school where everyone knows everyone or at least knows what group they are in, I think it's pointless to get all self righteous about not drinking in letters. It doesn't matter if you have letters on or not. Everyone is going to know that AlphaFrog the ASA and Brad Pitt the Sigma Chi were groping each other at the bar.

And as TSteven said...it used to be you SHOULD wear letters to get certain rights at parties, etc.

This has to do with risk management. It doesn't have to do with the "sanctity" of pieces of fabric on another piece of fabric. People just like to tell themselves that. And as I have said, the easier NPC pledging got, the more anal rules like this started to pop up.

Ditto all this for the smoking rules, I honestly hear those more from Southern chapters.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Yeah, and that doesn't even touch Sidney Allen (former national Panhel prez) drinking in her pin.

This argument goes on and on and I think it's silly. If you're at a small school where everyone knows everyone or at least knows what group they are in, I think it's pointless to get all self righteous about not drinking in letters. It doesn't matter if you have letters on or not. Everyone is going to know that AlphaFrog the ASA and Brad Pitt the Sigma Chi were groping each other at the bar.

And as TSteven said...it used to be you SHOULD wear letters to get certain rights at parties, etc.

This has to do with risk management. It doesn't have to do with the "sanctity" of pieces of fabric on another piece of fabric. People just like to tell themselves that. And as I have said, the easier NPC pledging got, the more anal rules like this started to pop up.

Ditto all this for the smoking rules, I honestly hear those more from Southern chapters.

I completely agree with you! A lot of these rules are silly, but because AOII does have a rule regarding alcohol, I think twice about it!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This has to do with risk management. It doesn't have to do with the "sanctity" of pieces of fabric on another piece of fabric. People just like to tell themselves that. And as I have said, the easier NPC pledging got, the more anal rules like this started to pop up.

For me personally, whether this is a risk management issue or not, I wouldn't wear my letters to the bar out of respect for my organization. I don't feel that being drunk in my letters is necessary, and it's an easily avoidable situation.

And again... why don't people dress up to go out anymore?

[Langox510x]

(edit) wrong thread.