When did "dinks" die?

[tld221]

Originally Posted by naraht

Also, these days is there *anything* that a Freshman would be expected to have/wear/whatever during the first part of the school year that a later year wouldn't at your school?

Expected? No. Inadvertently have because it was given to them at say, new student orientation? Sure. Freebie stuff like day planners, sunglasses, those drawstring bookbags, etc.

I'd imagine many first-year students would be so "too cool for school" to wear a beanie, and some would cry hazing (bc OMG my life and livelihood is threatened by wearing a hat!)

[DrPhil]

I never heard the don't carry a purse thing.

[ADPiEE]

Are these dinks?



http://shewasabird.blogspot.com/2012...-ra-ra-ra.html

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by ADPiEE

Are these dinks?



http://shewasabird.blogspot.com/2012...-ra-ra-ra.html

Old thread I know but ^^ yes they are.

Georgia Tech still does this tradition.

[NinjaPoodle]

And apparently so does Columbia U The FU Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences! (just saw it on a utoob vid ---skip to 4:29 ---- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLh-ZnPsK9E )

[aephi alum]

I know this is a pretty old thread, but ... my initial thought was also "DINK" = "Double Income No Kids". I remember the beanies from "Animal House" but I've never heard the term "dink" in this context before.

At my mother's alma mater, St Andrews, there was the tradition of the raisin string. First year students, known as bejants or bejantines, were paired with a senior man or woman who would help get them acclimated to campus life. On Raisin Monday (in early November) the bejant/ine had to present his/her senior person with a thank-you letter, which had to be written in Latin, Greek, or Hebrew. The senior person would then present the bejant/ine with a raisin string - basically a string with little trinkets like silver charms - which the bejant/ine would attach to his/her academic robe. (All students were required to wear academic robes to class.) Until you got your raisin string, older students could haze you, which typically involved reciting verses from "Gaudeamus Igitur". It seems the tradition has morphed a bit since my mother's day, but the basic principles are the same.

[APhi2KD]

My dd pledged this year and I couldn’t believe they no longer wear pledge pins
(Nor are they “pledges”...) I can’t even imagine dinks!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by APhi2KD

My dd pledged this year and I couldn’t believe they no longer wear pledge pins
(Nor are they “pledges”...) I can’t even imagine dinks!

No pledge pins? How strange!

[APhi2KD]

Originally Posted by honeychile

No pledge pins? How strange!

I know! Is that everywhere now or just some schools?

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by APhi2KD

I know! Is that everywhere now or just some schools?

None at all or just not required to be worn all the time? Another possibility, did they just not have enough in time? Do they do ribbons instead? So many questions!

[Sciencewoman]

I think that's an abberation. My son wore his FIJI pledge pin last year, and my daughter wore one when she joined Pi Phi 5 years ago...they both still have them, but I think they only wore them for meetings, not all the time. My daughter's school, W&L, has an annual yearbook, and many guys wear pledge pins in the first year photos. The women generally wear those drapes for the photos, so they don't wear pins (75% of the student body is Greek, so this is a pretty good indication). We still have pledge pins, but they're returned after initiation and reused.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by APhi2KD

My dd pledged this year and I couldn’t believe they no longer wear pledge pins
(Nor are they “pledges”...) I can’t even imagine dinks!

Originally Posted by honeychile

No pledge pins? How strange!

Originally Posted by APhi2KD

I know! Is that everywhere now or just some schools?

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I think that's an abberation. My son wore his FIJI pledge pin last year, and my daughter wore one when she joined Pi Phi 5 years ago...they both still have them, but I think they only wore them for meetings, not all the time. My daughter's school, W&L, has an annual yearbook, and many guys wear pledge pins in the first year photos. The women generally wear those drapes for the photos, so they don't wear pins (75% of the student body is Greek, so this is a pretty good indication). We still have pledge pins, but they're returned after initiation and reused.

Since most 'pledge' pins are rather inexpensive, do the common pin manufacturers use flimsy/poor pin materials that some sororities find cheapens the look (and possibly the meaning behind) their pin?

Conversely would a group having a more expensive 'pledge' pin decide it is less expensive for members to pay for ribbons instead of a pin?

Although it might rarely occur, using ribbons could save any group from theft of pins by women who never return pins after dropping before initiation (even if women must somehow then pay for said 'lost/borrowed forever' pins).

If I recall correctly there is at least one NPC group that doesn't require initiated members to have their very own pin. I wonder if that means they consistently pass-down old pins to their next generation of members as part of their traditions and standards.

[NinjaPoodle]

I'm curious if anyone has or knows anyone that has their freshman cap/dink?

[NinjaPoodle]

TTT -- I'm researching for a story that I’m writing and this thread was helpful.