The Secret Service and Ritual

[Elephant Walk]

You people without houses.

Besides that, don't ya'll have anyone watching the doors when ya'll are at the Student Union? You know, standing outside and such? We do that for our house.

[Drolefille]

We lock the doors if possible and post notices on them, but there's no real door guard standing outside. I have no idea if other chapters do that.

[AChiOhSnap]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Secret Service members wouldn't gain anything from seeing or hearing anyone's ritual.
Think about it, their JOB is to protect the person they are guarding.

If they are accurately performing their duties, they are most likely not paying attention to anything we are doing or saying unless it is threatening to the person they are protecting.

I agree with you, and I actually think that SS would probably still monitor their protectee even if they were standing outside her sorority chapter room while ritual was being conducted. Not to like, glean the inner workings of Theta but because they care way more about the president's daughter than they do about her sorority.

I know people said that SS were forced to stand outside, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the agents put the chapter room under surveillance via hidden video camera or audio monitoring or something. My best guess is that the secret service is watching their charges in all sorts of ways all the time, even if they or their friends are not aware of it.

I have a vague inclination that the secretive and sacred nature of sorority ritual means squat to the United States secret service.

[TonyB06]

The secret service (protective division) while small is large enough that it's likely an agent who happens to be in the sorority was likely put on the detail.

[Glitter650]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Ritual being conducted in a student center room with paper covering the little door window from the inside and the paper falls off and someone walks by and looks in.

Been there, done that.

HEHEHEHEHHEE sooo been there too. We not only put a piece of paper to cover the little window, but to hide the fact that we were using candles in a union room !!! hehe hehe hehe.

Also ...we once had a woman from another org. just BUST ON INTO our formal meeting once with one of those knocks that really just meant I'm knocking but I'm coming in on my own. I'm not knocking to wait for you to answer the door...

[Elephant Walk]

yeah we definitely put a person at the front door, someone guarding the entrance to the parking lot, and someone at the back door.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

yeah we definitely put a person at the front door, someone guarding the entrance to the parking lot, and someone at the back door.

You really need this on your house though? I mean don't you have locks on doors? Do people just bust in at random times?

[SoCalGirl]

Only during initiation was someone outside watching the door. During meetings we need everyone present. I never really worried about someone walking in on pinning because we normally had it in classrooms that nobody would be using at night.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Only during initiation was someone outside watching the door. During meetings we need everyone present. I never really worried about someone walking in on pinning because we normally had it in classrooms that nobody would be using at night.

We initiated at 7:00AM... not a lot of college students up then either

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Delta Upsilon is the only non-secret fraternity.

Alpha Kappa Lambda is as well.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

You really need this on your house though? I mean don't you have locks on doors?

It may or may not be a tradition for some fraterntieis to do so. (guard the entrances)

Do people just bust in at random times?

Not when you have someone guarding the entrances.

[Elephant Walk]

You really need this on your house though? I mean don't you have locks on doors? Do people just bust in at random times?

No, but that's because we have guards. We have locks on the doors, however they're only combination locks, that is, you press a certain number on the door and it lets you in. You never know when some Pi Phi will come in to let us know about a fundraiser they're having. It's just for the best. We'd like to remain secretive.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

No, but that's because we have guards. We have locks on the doors, however they're only combination locks, that is, you press a certain number on the door and it lets you in. You never know when some Pi Phi will come in to let us know about a fundraiser they're having. It's just for the best. We'd like to remain secretive.

It makes sense I guess. I'm just surprised that you have the same security issues at a house. Not that it shocks me that you give out the combination to girls or anything

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap

I have a vague inclination that the secretive and sacred nature of sorority ritual means squat to the United States secret service.

To my knowledge, this would be the best explanation.

[miss_rosey]

I think you could incorporate the Secret Service into the ritual. They would make good candle holders, etc. cuz they are used to standing so still. They wouldn't get wax on the carpet!