How do NPC/IFC differ from NPHC on the subject of "Perps"?

[Animate]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Kim Torres?

LOL Lord no not her! This chick was "local" to my area. Showed up to probates and everything. About a month later poop hit the fan...had so many AKAs hunting for her.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by tld221

It's even worse, i think, to perp in a bigger city. For starters, there are likely to be more members. With more members, in a big city, comes geographic diversity - so many transplants (school, work, moving with a spouse/family) that it would be uber quick to bust Perpin' Patrice, who's claiming to have become a member of XYZ back in the day at State U. Guess what? the alumnae chapter president went to Tech, down the street from State U and guess what - they didn't have a line that semester, or they were inactive.
exit Perpin' Patrice.


sidenote: someone got busted as a perp on twitter. its that serious yall.

That makes a lot of sense.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I don't know why people think they can get away with, ESPECIALLY with all the social networks popping up.

Perping is impossible with FB/MySpace/Twitter/etc. It's funny, because if you kept to yourself, it might be harder to figure out that you're fake. But most people who perp really can't do that (I think they want the attention). lol. The sorority they claim is all over their social networking sites and such. It's too easy. Like GC Sigma perp. Wouldn't have known too much about it if I hadn't seen her MySpace (which was perpalicious).

It's just not worth it because I have never heard of someone getting away with it their whole lives. Everyone is found out eventually.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Perping is impossible with FB/MySpace/Twitter/etc. It's funny, because if you kept to yourself, it might be harder to figure out that you're fake. But most people who perp really can't do that (I think they want the attention). lol. The sorority they claim is all over their social networking sites and such. It's too easy. Like GC Sigma perp. Wouldn't have known too much about it if I hadn't seen her MySpace (which was perpalicious).

It's just not worth it because I have never heard of someone getting away with it their whole lives. Everyone is found out eventually.

Exactly. You know the folks that are perping are also trying to friend request real members. It's silly for them to think that, at some point, said members aren't going to figure it out.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by Animate

LOL Lord no not her! This chick was "local" to my area. Showed up to probates and everything. About a month later poop hit the fan...had so many AKAs hunting for her.

you don't live in atlanta, do you?

there was this one k perp who showed up to greek picnic, to founder's day celebrations, hell maybe even to set.

i mean she had cajones the size of the rock of gibraltar.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by starang21

you don't live in atlanta, do you?

there was this one k perp who showed up to greek picnic, to founder's day celebrations, hell maybe even to set.

i mean she had cajones the size of the rock of gibraltar.

Their stupidity was bigger than her cojones.

[KSUViolet06]

^^^Co-sign.

People really don't get how small the Greek world is.

It took me about 5 minutes and one email to the chapter's current president to bust a GC Sigma perp.

Also funny:

I have heard of people perping in big cities like NYC thinking they'll never be found out. Ex: move to Chicago, decide to perp because no one here knows me or will care.

Nope. Greekdom is still a really small world, even in a big city.

Or perping a really big chapter thinking that because there are so many initiates, no one will know you're lying. False.

[KSUViolet06]

I have come into contact with some people who depledged/terminated in the past, but somehow decided that they could still "claim" us. Then they attempted to become affiliated with an alumnae chapter (because in their minds, they're still members lol), only for the VP to look them up and be like "WTF?" Sorry.

I've also seen these same women tell their kids they are "legacies." Nope.

Funniest of all, attempting to register for events, and wondering why they can't. So they call tech support at HQ and HQ is like "you can't register for this event because you're not a Sigma." lol.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I have come into contact with some people who depledged/terminated in the past, but somehow decided that they could still "claim" us. Then they attempted to become affiliated with an alumnae chapter (because in their minds, they're still members lol), only for the VP to look them up and be like "WTF?" Sorry.

I've also seen these same women tell their kids they are "legacies." Nope.

Funniest of all, attempting to register for events, and wondering why they can't. So they call tech support at HQ and HQ is like "you can't register for this event because you're not a Sigma." lol.

Although they depledged or did something to get terminated, it is still sad to have once been duly initiated and then *poof* it's gone. It is also sad because people do dumb stuff, particularly when they are college-age, and wish they could undo it when they get older. What they did has lasting effects--lesson learned.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Although they depledged or did something to get terminated, it is still sad to have once been duly initiated and then *poof* it's gone. It is also sad because people do dumb stuff, particularly when they are college-age, and wish they could undo it when they get older.

What they did has lasting effects--lesson learned.

True.

I do think it's sad because sometimes there are women who see the error of their ways years after the fact, but since that is permanent, there isn't anything they can do about it.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

True.

I do think it's sad because sometimes there are women who see the error of their ways years after the fact, but since that is permanent, there isn't anything they can do about it.

I do wish there was an exception of some sort for people who truly have financial problems in school.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I do wish there was an exception of some sort for people who truly have financial problems in school.

Isn't that one of the purposes of early alumni status?

Fish fry fundraiser.

Alumnae chapter sponsors.

Is depledge the only option for NPC, in general?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

True.

I do think it's sad because sometimes there are women who see the error of their ways years after the fact, but since that is permanent, there isn't anything they can do about it.

Yeah, they hung the pledge over a bridge when they were 20 but would NEVER do that as a 33 year old.

[KSUViolet06]

Tri Sigma does not have early alumna status. We only have 5th year alumna status (eg. you're entering your 5th year in school and do not wish to stay active).

There is an Inactive Status for those who need to take it for student teaching, study abroad, or some sort of serious issue (medical or financial). However, you can only use it for a year, after that you must reapply and HQ will re-evaluate the situation. It has been granted for financial hardship before, but not in a sense of "i'm a poor college student and can't afford it." More like, "I lost my car in a flood and in turn lost my job and can't pay dues."

[DrPhil]

Thanks.

So, generally speaking, people don't depledge just because they are broke.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Thanks.

So, generally speaking, people don't depledge just because they are broke.

They do, but they're dummies. There are a lot of ways a chapter can work with you if you're really having a hard time scraping up the money for dues.

They don't work with you if you're at every party with a handle of liquor/case of beer that you bought yourself.