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10-28-2003, 09:54 PM
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Originally posted by ChaosDST
Yeah, I just noticed how old this thread was!
I guess someone decided to resurrect it.
Anywho, it's good that this thread was started in this forum 3 years ago.
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10-28-2003, 09:58 PM
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Not a tail
....but x3 about the resurrection of old threads. Searching, IMO, is a good thing.
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10-28-2003, 11:31 PM
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Okay, can one of our D9 members explain how one is chosen to be the tail to all us IFC/NPC members?
I'm really curious about this.
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10-28-2003, 11:34 PM
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Originally posted by Betarulz!
Okay, can one of our D9 members explain how one is chosen to be the tail to all us IFC/NPC members?
I'm really curious about this.
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man...whoo, um...
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10-29-2003, 01:54 AM
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I say we keep it alive.
Something I've noticed is that there's 10x the stuff NPC/IFC members post that I don't get. Just an observation....
Last edited by WhirlwindTNX; 10-29-2003 at 01:58 AM.
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10-29-2003, 02:48 AM
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Originally posted by WhirlwindTNX
I say we keep it alive.
Something I've noticed is that there's 10x the stuff NPC/IFC members post that I don't get. Just an observation....
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Yeah but when you ask, we tell you. 
Other than you being at the end of your line, we don't have any idea what's going on.
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10-29-2003, 03:32 AM
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#7 out of 7 here! 
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10-29-2003, 11:42 AM
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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Yeah but when you ask, we tell you.
Other than you being at the end of your line, we don't have any idea what's going on.
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Ohhh I'm not at the end of the line. I'm an ACE!
Also, not only NPHC members have an order, so do some multicultural groups like me.
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10-29-2003, 12:09 PM
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Whirlwind, I don't think GP meant "you" in particular, but rather "you" in general... the tails.
Let me see if I've got this right: Ace = #1, Deuce = #2, Tail = whoever is last (#10 of 10 or whatever)? Any other special terms?
Can you have a line of one? If so, are you the ace and the tail?
[Edited because after reading some of the responses, I feel very silly... ]
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10-29-2003, 12:13 PM
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Originally posted by Betarulz!
Okay, can one of our D9 members explain how one is chosen to be the tail to all us IFC/NPC members?
I'm really curious about this.
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The tail is usually the tallest person in the pledge class. Lines are usually ordered according to height. I have seen variations though, including ordering tallest to shortest.
Ordering new members by height is used in organizations outside of the NPHC, be they multicultural, professional, or service.
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10-29-2003, 12:14 PM
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I would also like to insert a plug for the book "Black Greek 101" which answers many questions of this nature.
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10-29-2003, 12:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Betarulz!
Okay, can one of our D9 members explain how one is chosen to be the tail to all us IFC/NPC members?
I'm really curious about this.
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I'm not a member of an NPHC group, but I might be able to give you some insight.
Different organizations do it differently, and I have heard of some differences based on location of the particular chapter of the organization. From my experience, the most common method is by height. Persons chosen to participate in the membership intake process (formally known as pledgees) are placed in height order and given a number to represent their place in line. Shorter ones in front, taller ones in back. The first and last positions in line are seen as places of honor and may have additonal responsiblities. Some groups (this is from my personal observations as a college student in the 80s when pledging was above ground/out in the open) would even fudge on who was tallest/shortest to get a "tight", knowledgeable, or "rhythmically blessed"  person to serve as the tail or front (some call it the ace) of the line.
D9 members, and some other multicultural orgs from what I can gather via the internet, tend to feel a kinship with people of other orgs who have the same number or the joined their org the same year.
That's kinda it in a nutshell.
edited to add: That what I get for being longwinded and trying to post/work. Others answer the question before me! LOL
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10-29-2003, 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by ChaosDST
I thought I had the wrong forum at first *haha*
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Me too 
I'm the 2 of 9.
Please keep threads like this going...
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10-29-2003, 01:24 PM
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I think a lot of organizations have a pledge class order, I can think of quite a few groups within the NPC and NIC who do - that's how we get our "scroll" numbers. My chapter does it alphabetically, I've seen other orgs do it by height, age, GPA...
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10-29-2003, 01:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I think a lot of organizations have a pledge class order, I can think of quite a few groups within the NPC and NIC who do - that's how we get our "scroll" numbers. My chapter does it alphabetically, I've seen other orgs do it by height, age, GPA...
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Based on what I've learned here (I went to an HBCU, so no NPC orgs on my campus) aren't your scroll numbers cumlative? "Line" numbers are not, so every NPHC pledge class will have a 1, 2 etc. depending on how many people are in the class
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