Stealing Items... - Page 3

KDMafia · #1 12-12-2004, 03:44 PM

Yeah I would not be happy if someone stole something like that from us. That just involves too much time and effort and I understand why people would do that...
Last year one of my good friends fraternity houses got broken into and every single one of their composites was stolen.. that's just ridiculous

texas*princess · #2 12-12-2004, 03:44 PM

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Originally posted by lyrica9
we have a huge Pi in our entrance way because our Alpha and Delta got stolen from in front of our house.ever since the sorority row was built, all the sororities get pranked on an almost weekly basis.

i think the stealing thing gets really old after the 10th or so time.

No kidding.. even before the row was built. Remember how our Delta kept getting stolen? It was those guys from the "Delta Lodge"... I only found that out after one of those guys got hired @ my last job... we were talking and he was like "You're an ADPi?" and he started laughing... so I asked why it was so funny... she said b/c their guys kept stealing our Delta.

Very mature guys.

EPTriSigma · #3 12-12-2004, 04:01 PM

The funniest thing I have ever seen stolen was last year. The Phi Delta Theta boys stole the bar from the basement of the Phi Kappa Psi house during a party! I have no idea how they did it... but it worked. I hear there is plans for the pop machine.

The only other things here that really happen are composite pictures getting stolen and signed. We don't have a composite that Lambda Chi Alpha hasn't signed the back of. A couple years back some of their members stole out composite during semi formal then proceeded to "porn it" (place nudie picks all over it). They then took a picture of the porned composite and placed a link to it on the Universities web site.

Really it's all in fun. As long as no one gets hurt, nothing gets damaged, and everything is returned eventually, it's cool.

DZviol · #4 12-12-2004, 10:05 PM

At my school if you take something from one of the houses, you do a swap thing to get your item back. For example, in order to give something back you can ask for something in return like pizza and ice cream for everyone. It's usuallly fun and nobody ever holds an item for more than 2 days.

epsilon99 · #5 12-13-2004, 12:45 PM

I think it can be okay, I mean lets have some perspective here. It can be taken too far though. We had a break in by another frat. They broke a window to get in, vandalized the building and grabbed everything in site. We got the police involved and got it all back, but they definielty took it too far.

BlondeGurl · #6 12-13-2004, 01:09 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
In days of old this may have been considered a prank or a 'spirit mission', as long as the items in question taken were returned undamaged within a certain time 'window'. In this day and age, it would be considered vandalism and burglary, among other things, if you get caught.

I would NOT condone breaking into a house to capture a rival house's charter, composites or - egad - ritual equipment (yes, it's been known to happen). Unfortunately, things get taken too far.

To be one hundred percent honest...my pledge class was the bomb at pulling this stuff off!! We ALWAYS returned everything but it was a fun way to get to know other pledge classes. One time we took a fraternities letters right from under their noses. Of course we painted them and returned them the next day with dohnuts! It was also a big deal to toilet paper their house becasue supposedly no one had ever gotten away with it before, but we did. Later tht night we came back to help them clean it up though.

Anything we ever did was always in the spirirt of fun and the guys knew it! They would play the same kind of pranks on us! We always had a good time with it.

I think it is totally disrespectful not to return anything you might have borrowed, but as far as I know on my campus this is a game that has been going on for years!

GreenKappa · #7 12-13-2004, 01:13 PM

I remember my Sophmore year Gamma Delt stole a bunch of girls underwear (don't ask why) from a local sorority....THERE is still talk on campus about it. The girls pressed charges. Its a mess. HEaring that just supports why it sometimes is not ok. Stealing is stealing...borrowing is borrowing however....I think that both sides have to be comfortable with the prank...as clearly was not in this case and overstepping the lines by taking their undies.

adpiucf · #8 12-13-2004, 01:44 PM

Common sense dictates that Greeks pulling pranks on other Greeks perpetuates the sort of stereotypes we get angry with when the media potrays us as drunken and immature vandals. Too bad they are reporting the truth.

Use maturity and when in doubt remember the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. When one sorority or fraternity is made out to look bad, we all lose.

Rudey · #9 12-13-2004, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by adpiucf
Common sense dictates that Greeks pulling pranks on other Greeks perpetuates the sort of stereotypes we get angry with when the media potrays us as drunken and immature vandals. Too bad they are reporting the truth.

Use maturity and when in doubt remember the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. When one sorority or fraternity is made out to look bad, we all lose.

"Prank" does not equal "drunken". Usually drunken involves alcohol.

"Immature" is in the eyes of the beholder. All kids are immature to someone out of college; Greeks are no different.

"Vandals" are defined as people who destroy property.

As for a prank, or practical joke, some enjoy it. If it isn't accepted in that environment or with that group, fine. Common sense dictates being cautious and does not equate a joke that both people enjoy with alcohol nor destruction.

-Rudey

Coramoor · #10 12-13-2004, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by WVU alpha phi
A few of my sisters who live in the house have gone on little raiding missions to Pi Kapp.. mostly stealing dumb stuff like remote controls to the TV or toilet paper or the 8 ball for the pool table.

When I pledged, we were told that some frat (I don't remember which one), keeps a troll hidden in their house. If a brother brings home an ugly girl, they stick the troll outside his door while he's in there hooking up with her. Supposedly it's like a big deal if you can steal the troll, but as far as I know, no one has managed to yet!

Ha. That would be Phi Psi with the Ugly Troll. I know a few girls from a certain sorority that all got pictures taken with it...something to be proud of or whatever. I'll just say that the girls right deserved to be in a picture with the ugly troll.

Little E · #11 12-13-2004, 03:39 PM

I'm just curious, but isn't some of this a risk managment issue? We were never allowed to do hunts, or knowingly help other groups in case hazing was an issue. And what if someone is sneaking in and gets hurt, aren't their liablity issues. I'm just curious.

WVU alpha phi · #12 12-13-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Coramoor
Ha. That would be Phi Psi with the Ugly Troll. I know a few girls from a certain sorority that all got pictures taken with it...something to be proud of or whatever. I'll just say that the girls right deserved to be in a picture with the ugly troll.

Um did these girls not know what the troll meant? I'd never want to be in a picture with it!!

Coramoor · #13 12-13-2004, 06:08 PM

That's the funny thing. They knew what it stood for and the meaning behind it.

ISUKappa · #14 12-13-2004, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
Kappa Kappa Gamma at Iowa State had their sign in their front yard slowly disappear: the brass greek letters disappeared on each side of the sign at the rate of 1 a week. So the girls had their letters painted on each side.
Right before Thanksgiving break the whole sign disappeared.There's just a frame and base where the sign was.

Again?!?!? It was pretty much completely wrecked in 2002/2003 with a temporary painted sign in place for about a year. I knew the Parent's club/house board was going to replace the it this year, but it's so unfortunate it was damaged again. Funny how the one that used to be there originally stood for over 20 years without a problem.

That's also why the composite at the house is displayed in a locked case.

AngryBrother02 · #15 01-07-2005, 12:41 PM

For me if another fraternity steals anything of my fraternities those are fighting words, if a sorority steals something that doesn't have letters as a prank its ok. The reason I stumbled across this site is cause just yesterday some freind of my younger sister stole my hoody and I caught the girls boyfreind WEARING IT. Let me tell you how far I took it, I walked over to him and he could tell I was pissed, and I said take them letters off right now...his reply was "What's the big deal?" that was the last thing he got to say. About 10 min later after I beat the snot out of the kid and physically pulled the hoody off him as he lay on the ground, him or his girlfreind will never EVER make that mistake again. So be careful which fraternities and which brothers you do it to. Some take it less seriously then others. For me being a brother isn't just a college thing anymore as I have graduated. Its a way of life for me, its what motivates me and what drives me and to see someone wearing my letters that has no idea the commitment it takes to wear those letters..they will get a real quick education from me.

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