exactly what is skating?

[BlueNYC2]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Maybe in your graduate chapter.

word!!! i know i worked for mine...and i came in thru grad chapter...

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

word!!! i know i worked for mine...and i came in thru grad chapter...

Whatever "worked for mine" means.

[Animate]

Originally Posted by angelnside

thats how confusion it may be. someone can be considered a skater in the undergraduate world, but don't the graduate chapter do the same thing. In the graduate chapter, you pay your money and BAM!! you are apart. so why is it ok in the graduate chapter, but looked disgusted in the undergrad world??

I'm so glad you know how every grad chapter of every organization works. I'm so enlightened now.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by OTW

The search button is your friend. If GreekChat doesn't work, there's always Google.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/ar...hp/t-1246.html
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/ar...hp/t-2604.html

FWIW, in my experience here on GreekChat, the use of that word is frowned upon and I've seen many people get sensitive about it here.

Judging from your post, I'm going to assume that you're interested in an NPHC fraternity. That said, if I were you, I'd refrain from asking any questions on intake and membership online and follow the guidelines set forth by the fraternity you're interested in.

Quoted because it would be impossible to improve on this as a response to the OP.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974

You have now given me a new nickname for my boss. Thank you!

With a nod to Avril Lavigne, you can call him "Sk8R Boi".

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Yes, "skating" (as in expecting an outcome without the hardwork) is a term that exists outside of Greekdom. I'm glad people pointed that out.

Hi, Ladygreek.

PrettyBoy, I understood what you meant. So now as a grown man away from a college campus, you know to edit that definition to include Greeks who wear letters and brag about how hard they were HAZED but who don't contribute financially or service-wise. They're still reaping the benefits without the hard work. And whether they worked hard to get the letters in the first place is ALWAYS a matter of opinion and perspective.

DSTCHAOS, you're absolutely correct. There is a lot of that going on today. There are members of glos who are not financial, but yet at the same time are using the organization for it's benefits. That's wrong. Now, yes I am grown and away from college, but I go back every year for Homecoming, because I am very close not only to my sands, but the rest of the brothers at that chapter. When we come back for homecoming, we go back to some of the places where our pledging sessions took place. We sing some of the scroller chants we had to sing when we were on line, and we get emotional doing this. It's a bond I can't explain. These places are very sentimental to us. Are there brothers in my fraternity who didn't pledge and were initiated the new, "legal" and correct way? Yes, and I still accept them as my brothers, because it's not what you do to get in, but what you do once you're in. I pledged 16 weeks the old way and I'm proud of that, I'm also financial as well. I think since I worked very hard to earn my letters, I love it that much more. We sacrificed a lot for each other on line, and I would do the same for a brother today. I know a lot of Greeks don't agree with my opinion on the way I think pledging should still be, but like you said, it's a matter of opinion, and yes, I do wish things were still done like they used to be.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I thought skating was what you did on ice......

**snicker**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOqeYWKB0wY

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Delta's legal process is hardly skating in.

Exactly! *sigh*

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

DSTCHAOS, you're absolutely correct. There is a lot of that going on today. There are members of glos who are not financial, but yet at the same time are using the organization for it's benefits. That's wrong. Now, yes I am grown and away from college, but I go back every year for Homecoming, because I am very close not only to my sands, but the rest of the brothers at that chapter. When we come back for homecoming, we go back to some of the places where our pledging sessions took place. We sing some of the scroller chants we had to sing when we were on line, and we get emotional doing this. It's a bond I can't explain. These places are very sentimental to us. Are there brothers in my fraternity who didn't pledge and were initiated the new, "legal" and correct way? Yes, and I still accept them as my brothers, because it's not what you do to get in, but what you do once you're in. I pledged 16 weeks the old way and I'm proud of that, I'm also financial as well. I think since I worked very hard to earn my letters, I love it that much more. We sacrificed a lot for each other on line, and I would do the same for a brother today. I know a lot of Greeks don't agree with my opinion on the way I think pledging should still be, but like you said, it's a matter of opinion, and yes, I do wish things were still done like they used to be.

Most of this response is...extra information. What you claim to have gone through to become a Krappa was and always will be YOUR business. I'm not impressed either way but that's that.

What matters now is that you were duly initiated and are currently financial. Consider keeping the rest to yourself because it seems like you're protesting too much.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Krappa

Thank you for resurrecting my favorite word of 2005. I don't know how I came to stop using it.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOqeYWKB0wY

so wrong man...LOL

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Thank you for resurrecting my favorite word of 2005. I don't know how I came to stop using it.

You were probably being friendly. You know better than to do that!!!

[Finer Woman10-A-91]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Thank you for resurrecting my favorite word of 2005. I don't know how I came to stop using it.

behave...;-)

Nodding to DST Chaos and the elder Delta on the board...
These kinda threads always tickle me...

[Velocity_14]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Maybe in your graduate chapter.

Co-sign.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

DSTCHAOS, you're absolutely correct. There is a lot of that going on today. There are members of glos who are not financial, but yet at the same time are using the organization for it's benefits. That's wrong. Now, yes I am grown and away from college, but I go back every year for Homecoming, because I am very close not only to my sands, but the rest of the brothers at that chapter. When we come back for homecoming, we go back to some of the places where our pledging sessions took place. We sing some of the scroller chants we had to sing when we were on line, and we get emotional doing this. It's a bond I can't explain. These places are very sentimental to us. Are there brothers in my fraternity who didn't pledge and were initiated the new, "legal" and correct way? Yes, and I still accept them as my brothers, because it's not what you do to get in, but what you do once you're in. I pledged 16 weeks the old way and I'm proud of that, I'm also financial as well. I think since I worked very hard to earn my letters, I love it that much more. We sacrificed a lot for each other on line, and I would do the same for a brother today. I know a lot of Greeks don't agree with my opinion on the way I think pledging should still be, but like you said, it's a matter of opinion, and yes, I do wish things were still done like they used to be.

I have to agree with DSTChaos . Much of this sounds like you are just walking down memory lane.

I came in during the time of the 'old' way - when above ground hazing was very much accepted, and expected. For me, all the way through until initiation night!!!

What I never understood about the 'old' way then and to this day - does it make you more of a brother / sister just because you got your @$$ beaten for 16 weeks? (Not saying that you did, but I know of those who did.) Honestly, if someone beat me for that long, the last thing I would want to do is call him / her family. Unless, it is a dysfunctional family.