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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
I also have a "thing" about members self terminating and still wearing letters. I don't expect them to hand in the t-shirts they paid for or the jewelry their mother bought them, but I also expect that since they no longer want to represent my organization they will no longer wear my letters. Huge pet peeve.  |
When it comes to people who are depledging (and not people who simply don't want to be active/financial for a period of time as a collegiate or alum), some fraternities and sororities collect many of the items from the person. That includes ritual, pins, paraphernalia, etc. Some entities request for these items to be left in good faith and some entities offer...encouragement to do so.
It makes sense that some people don't want to leave some of the letters/symbols behind that were gifts, but people should have enough respect to check with the policies and procedures to see what to do. I recommend donating the items to an active member. It is against some GLO's policies and procedures to do things like donate items to The Salvation Army or throw them in the trash. We can't necessarily force someone who chooses to depledge (or is even expelled) to return every single thing or stop wearing and displaying every single thing. It's dumb for them to want to do so, but people don't always make sense.
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