How do sororities feel about

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

^^^AHHHHHH, I have been suppressing YSU jokes since we started trying to figure out what school it was!

Never suppress Y-town jokes. Unless, of course, you owe money to the wrong people.

[Kappamd]

LOL

[IrishLake]

I am trying to think of libral arts schools that small in ohio. kenyon, oberlin, otterbein (local GLOs), capital (local GLOs), Antioch (facial piercing would have been no big deal here, but i dont think Antioch has undergrad programs anymore, i think that portion of the college has closed), marietta (has 3 NPC GLOs), muskingum...oh, and denison, heidelburg, wilmington and the rest of the OAC.

i dont know much about some of those schools... but the rest... i would still tone it down. like the majority has said about not wearing one for a job interview, i agree. i would take out both. but if you want to keep one, maybe keep the nose ring. you want people to focus on what you have to say, and not be distracted by the metal in your face. and it WOULD be a distraction. first impressions are very important!

seems like marietta is the best fit. since I went to a comparable OAC school... i still say take them out for recruitment.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

I was simply telling you how some sorority members will perceive you. You came here and ASKED that question!

Personally, I think your piercings shout out "desperately insecure trendster." As long as you have holes in your face, people will make assumptions about you. To compare your decision to mutilate your body to someone's ethnicity or anything else they were born with is pathetic.

Of course you'll be the first one running here to complain when your oh-so-unique self doesn't get a bid.

I can only think of a couple off the top of my head, but women who are Alaska Native/First Nations from the Inside Passage of Alaska down to even the groups of Northwest Washington may have facial piercings as a sign of ethnic or tribal identity. Same for women with Indian/Hindu backgrounds with noes piercings, but they may or may not be rushing at schools where people are more familiar with that as a cultural marker.

Whether those women are actively pursuing NPC sorority membership at more conservative schools is unknown, but those chapters and schools where they are joining are likely more in tune with those piercings.

OT, but I sat behind a guy who had neck piercings, and yeah, I can't imagine getting that caught on my clothing, OUCH.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I can only think of a couple off the top of my head, but women who are Alaska Native/First Nations from the Inside Passage of Alaska down to even the groups of Northwest Washington may have facial piercings as a sign of ethnic or tribal identity. Same for women with Indian/Hindu backgrounds with noes piercings, but they may or may not be rushing at schools where people are more familiar with that as a cultural marker.

Whether those women are actively pursuing NPC sorority membership at more conservative schools is unknown, but those chapters and schools where they are joining are likely more in tune with those piercings.

OT, but I sat behind a guy who had neck piercings, and yeah, I can't imagine getting that caught on my clothing, OUCH.

It's pretty easy to tell the difference between someone with a cultural marker rather than some wanna be hipster screaming out "Ain't I kewl? I'm a modern primitive!" People are going to judge you for anything you do to your body. Some things elicit stronger responses. The blonde and fat thing can be changed with human intervention, but again those are also genetic situations. As far as I know, no one is born with lip and nose piercings.

What it comes down to is if the piercings are going to get in the way of you achieving the things you really and truly want in life, then they really aren't you or worth it. It's like when people get their faces and hands tattooed. They're basically saying "I'm ok with being marginally employed for the rest of my life."

[MaggieXi]

Example: My brother who is home from college on summer break started his internship yesterday. He wanted this internship very badly and its a huge deal. However, the company has a policy that his tatoos have to be covered, (he has one on his forearm, one on his upper arm and one on his calf) because he will be working with the public.

Now because of his tatoos, he will be forced to wear long sleeved shirts and pants all summer outside.

He got all of his tatoos while in college because he thought he was cool. Now that he is faced with the real world, he realizes that they aren't so cool after all.

Sometimes you have to conform to others restrictions obtain your goals. It may not be fair, but thats life.

[erynnari]

Originally Posted by als463

Wow, I was thinking Marietta College. .

We have a winner.


Also, i'd like to point out i'm no hipster and certainly not unique for letting people put holes in my body. Unfortunately I wasn't the first one to think of it.

[als463]

Originally Posted by erynnari

We have a winner.


Also, i'd like to point out i'm no hipster and certainly not unique for letting people put holes in my body. Unfortunately I wasn't the first one to think of it.

Damn I'm good! I'm getting better at my sleuth skills thanks to all the people here on GC. Good luck with recruitment there. I wish I could give you good advice but, because I didn't personally attend Marietta and I am not an Ohio native, it would be pointless for me to really step in.

Just consider the culture of the campus and don't assume that by wanting to look your best and putting your best footforward = giving up who you are or what you stand for. By doing your best to go through recruitment doesn't mean you need to ignore your individuality. Just be tasteful.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

Example: My brother who is home from college on summer break started his internship yesterday. He wanted this internship very badly and its a huge deal. However, the company has a policy that his tatoos have to be covered, (he has one on his forearm, one on his upper arm and one on his calf) because he will be working with the public.

Now because of his tatoos, he will be forced to wear long sleeved shirts and pants all summer outside.

He got all of his tatoos while in college because he thought he was cool. Now that he is faced with the real world, he realizes that they aren't so cool after all.

Sometimes you have to conform to others restrictions obtain your goals. It may not be fair, but thats life.

Tell him to shave his body hair (lots of guys are doing it nowadays) and buy Dermablend. Either that or put bandages on them. It's more comfortable than long sleeved shirts and pants.

[erynnari]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Tell him to shave his body hair (lots of guys are doing it nowadays) and buy Dermablend. Either that or put bandages on them. It's more comfortable than long sleeved shirts and pants.

Dermablend doesn't work very well, IMO. It is very dry(i'm not sure how else to explain it, but if you've ever used it on your body you know,) and it doesn't match skin tone very well.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by erynnari

Dermablend doesn't work very well, IMO. It is very dry(i'm not sure how else to explain it, but if you've ever used it on your body you know,) and it doesn't match skin tone very well.

I had to use the face kind for a bit...it worked great for me. And I'm pale as hayle and have trouble matching. Just a thought, although the bandages would work for him too.

[joproper]

sounds to me like everything except the tattoo can be removed

[CuriousCasey]

I went through recruitment with my lip stud in and I am now in a house (or actually, alum now!). I was nervous but then I decided it is part of who I am and if they don't like it..then that is that, because I knew even if I wore a clear one to recruitment, I would put my normal stud back in after I received a bid. I even had a great talk with one girl in a house because she really liked it and found it memorable.

Also, i've had my stud for four years now, so it wasn't a fluke piercing that I had for a bit and got rid of..it is absolutely part of me and I like it that way..so people have to be able to deal with that. My friends tell me all the time that they forget it is ever there because it is just part of my body at this point

[kddani]

One thing I don't understand is how is a piercing "part of who you are" on this big psychological level? It's a hole you chose to put in your body. Why does it mean so much to you? (This is directed to anyone, no one in particular) Why is a hole in your body part of your identity?

I work in a law firm and the dress code specifically says that there can be no visible tattoos and the only visible piercings allowed are ear. And almost everywhere I have worked, even in retail, had these rules.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by kddani

One thing I don't understand is how is a piercing "part of who you are" on this big psychological level? It's a hole you chose to put in your body. Why does it mean so much to you? (This is directed to anyone, no one in particular) Why is a hole in your body part of your identity?

I work in a law firm and the dress code specifically says that there can be no visible tattoos and the only visible piercings allowed are ear. And almost everywhere I have worked, even in retail, had these rules.

Because it makes them look like a unique snowflake.