Sorority taglines, etc.

SWTXBelle · #1 06-02-2009, 07:12 PM

Rather than continue to hijack a Delta Zeta thread, I thought I'd start a new one here.

Sorority members - Do you have a tagline? Do you use a mascot, or a symbol?

Gamma Phi Beta
Open Motto - Founded on a Rock.
Tagline - Connect. Impact. Shine.
Creed - (shortened version) Love. Labor. Learning Loyalty.

Flower - Pink Carnation
Jewel - Pearl
Colours - Brown and Mode.
Symbol - Waxing crescent
No mascot

BabyPiNK_FL · #2 06-02-2009, 07:20 PM

Many sisters probably do not know this (unless they read the last Aglaia), but Phi Mu went from our beloved Imagine. Believe. Achieve. to "Vibrant". At least it makes more sense now that they put it into context, but the first time I heard it I wanted to weep.

SWTXBelle · #3 06-02-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Many sisters probably do not know this (unless they read the last Aglaia), but Phi Mu went from our beloved Imagine. Believe. Achieve. to "Vibrant". At least it makes more sense now that they put it into context, but the first time I heard it I wanted to weep.

I have to admit - I read "Vibrant" wrong the first time.

. I liked Imagine. Believe. Achieve.

BabyPiNK_FL · #4 06-02-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I have to admit - I read "Vibrant" wrong the first time.

. I liked Imagine. Believe. Achieve.

I swear, I was in the middle of the hotel like

and

at any given time. It will not be let go of easily.

PhiMu_Lindz · #5 06-02-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

I swear, I was in the middle of the hotel like

and

at any given time. It will not be let go of easily.

I totally agree. When they revealed it at Leadership Conference... all I could say was

Ch2tf · #6 06-03-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Rather than continue to hijack a Delta Zeta thread, I thought I'd start a new one here.

Gamma Phi Beta - tagline - Connect. Impact. Shine.

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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Imagine. Believe. Achieve.

These two had long since been my favorite sorority taglines

SWTXBelle · #7 06-03-2009, 09:12 AM

I like verbs rather than adjectives for taglines.

OneHeartOneWay · #8 06-03-2009, 09:20 AM

Sigma Kappa is unveiling a whole new identity this summer at our Collegiate Officers Training School. So, currently, our tagline is "Bringing Sisterhood to Life," but it won't be for long! I participated in one of the online surveys they conducted, "beta testing" two different taglines. I can say I LOVED one of them and was only mildly lukewarm about the other- I guess I'll have to wait until July to see if my favorite made the cut (or they could have gone a whole new direction, too!).

Open Motto: One Heart, One Way
Jewel: Pearl
Colors: Lavender and Maroon
Mascot: Dove and Heart
Flower: Wild Purple Violet (changed last year at Convention from simply Violet- you can't imagine the racous this caused- seriously!)

steelerbear · #9 07-11-2010, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Many sisters probably do not know this (unless they read the last Aglaia), but Phi Mu went from our beloved Imagine. Believe. Achieve. to "Vibrant". At least it makes more sense now that they put it into context, but the first time I heard it I wanted to weep.

Ugh... Hurl. Imagine Believe Achieve was bad enough. Vibrant just isn't. Can't we just stick with Love, Honor, Truth? I mean, it's worked for almost a century; why try to change it?

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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I completely agree! I really have a distaste for these new taglines. As nice and clever as some of them are, they smack of retail.

Amen, sister. I got to proof-read an article for the upcoming issue of our magazine, and the whole. thing. read. like. a. 14-year-old's. term. paper. Full of one-word "sentences" and actual sentences that began with the word "and." I got over the "and" part quickly enough because they want it to sound conversational, but the whole thing just read like one, huge schmaltzburger, and it was actually rather painful.

I didn't see it for Phi Mu, so here goes...

Open Motto: Les Soeurs Fideles (French for "The Faithful Sisters")
Tagline: Vibrant. (I think this is just about the stupidest tagline ever, and we should just use our ideals of "Love, Honor, Truth" as our tagline.)
Flower: Rose carnation (sometimes called the "enchantress carnation," though ours is technically not that variety)
Jewel: None
Color: Rose and White
Official Mascot: The lion, named Sir Fidel (after our open motto)
Other Symbols: The barbed quatrefoil, a hand holding a heart, three stars

AOII Angel · #10 07-11-2010, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by steelerbear

Ugh... Hurl. Imagine Believe Achieve was bad enough. Vibrant just isn't. Can't we just stick with Love, Honor, Truth? I mean, it's worked for almost a century; why try to change it?

Amen, sister. I got to proof-read an article for the upcoming issue of our magazine, and the whole. thing. read. like. a. 14-year-old's. term. paper. Full of one-word "sentences" and actual sentences that began with the word "and." I got over the "and" part quickly enough because they want it to sound conversational, but the whole thing just read like one, huge schmaltzburger, and it was actually rather painful.

I didn't see it for Phi Mu, so here goes...

Open Motto: Les Soeurs Fideles (French for "The Faithful Sisters")
Tagline: Vibrant. (I think this is just about the stupidest tagline ever, and we should just use our ideals of "Love, Honor, Truth" as our tagline.)
Flower: Rose carnation (sometimes called the "enchantress carnation," though ours is technically not that variety)
Jewel: None
Color: Rose and White
Official Mascot: The lion, named Sir Fidel (after our open motto)
Other Symbols: The barbed quatrefoil, a hand holding a heart, three stars

FWIW...Love, Honor, Truth makes a beautiful tagline.

KSUViolet06 · #11 06-02-2009, 07:22 PM

Our tagline is:

Friendship. Character. Conduct.

It's based on our Mission Statement:

To establish among its members a perpetual bond of friendship, to develop in them strong womanly character, and to impress upon them high standards of conduct.

We have two symbols (skull and crossbones & the sailboat), but no mascot.

LucyKKG · #12 06-02-2009, 07:34 PM

"Tradition of Leadership" is Kappa's tagline or something like that, but it doesn't really have any special meaning to me.
Symbols/mascots: owl, key, fleur-de-lis

We kind of get an extra symbol because our flower is the iris. :-)

amanda6035 · #13 06-02-2009, 07:38 PM

Alpha Xi Delta: Realize your potential.

rhoyaltempest · #14 06-02-2009, 08:10 PM

Mascot is the Poodle
Flower is the yellow tea rose
Jewels are 10 pearls and 2 rubies
Torch and other symbols in the shield
Official Motto/Slogan: "Greater Service, Greater Progress"

Here are some common (unofficial) taglines, not sure if these are taglines as much as they are common sayings:

"Last Created, Best Designed" (as in the last NPHC sorority founded)
"Quality over Quantity"
"I Am My Sister's Keeper"
"True Beauties wear 10 pearls and 2 rubies"
"Sisterhood. Scholarship. Service."

AOII Angel · #15 06-02-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Mascot is the Poodle

Do a lot of your sisters own poodles? I think I'd have to have one!