UGA GLOs ban Abercrombie & Fitch

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I already did.

*high five!*

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by OTW

*high five!*

Aw, thanks.

I really wish I understood the whole Dale thing. Is there a thread I can read?

About A&F, the story seems like a joke, and yet there have always been rules for fraternity clothing at UGA. Clinton never would have answered "briefs" had he been a fraternity guy at UGA.*

(*And no, I didn't learn this from close personal experience; I heard my guy friends talking about it.)

[Denise_DPhiE]

Why on earth do southerns connect everything to historic events...Zeta Psi has not had a chapter in Georgia since Sherman blah blah blah.

Who carees? And isn't this style of intake similar to some other men's groups i.e. Delta Tau Delta or someone i.e no pledging?

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Denise_DPhiE

Why on earth do southerns connect everything to historic events...Zeta Psi has not had a chapter in Georgia since Sherman blah blah blah.

That was one of the details that made it seem like a satire to me.

If it is a real story on a real colony, they deserved a better article. I'm fine with counter-culture groups, but they shouldn't make them seem like all they care about is Abercrombie and Snoop.

Abercrombie, attempts at Snoop Dog concerts, lame reasons for certain individuals choosing to join, and emphasizing no pledge period doesn't exactly represent the fraternity in the best possible light. Neither did the comment that they encourage everyone to belong to one outside group for the sake of attracting new members. It made them look a little needy, I thought.

[EE-BO]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Abercrombie, attempts at Snoop Dog concerts, lame reasons for certain individuals choosing to join, and emphasizing no pledge period doesn't exactly represent the fraternity in the best possible light. Neither did the comment that they encourage everyone to belong to one outside group for the sake of attracting new members. It made them look a little needy, I thought.

Exactly- but more than a little needy.

Georgia has a thriving Greek community with big chapters in all social ranks.

So you would have to be a real douche to not find somewhere that would pledge you.

A&F was not really around in a big way when I was in college, but we most definitely banned certain clothes and other things for our pledges.

It is part of making them understand high school is over and that it is time to grow up and be a man.

And frankly it is usually more of a joke. Any pledge who would seriously be offended or inconvenienced by having to give up the kind of stuff we banned is not the kind of person we would have considered bidding in the first place.

Sadly, some come to college beyond salvation.

[UGAalum94]

As older brothers and sisters are home on breaks, my current student will learn about college life.

Recently, one of my students learned that if you might want to join a fraternity at Georgia, you should avoid wearing cargo shorts. It was funny to me, and yet, the kind of thing that is likely to be very true and likely to surprise the suburban, not-necessarily-native-southern kids I teach.

I've got no problem with cargo shorts myself, and back when I was in school wearing cut-off army pants, which pretty much were the only cargo shorts, probably wouldn't have been criminally un-fratty for some groups although it would have been more common for the alternative, grunge-looking folks. Tighty-whities would have only been for members of the chess club, however.