What old tradition would you like to see revived?

ealymc · #1 10-02-2007, 10:46 AM

When we pledged, God forbid one of our pins were stolen by a sorority girl or we would have to do something to earn it back from her. Well, my pledge class lost two pins in the SAME DAMN WEEK and we decided to march across campus (in our Oxfords and boxers, no less) chanting "A-L-P-H-A, S-I-G-M-A, Alpha Sig, Alpha Sig, ASA" and once we reached the chapter room, she was serenaded with the two songs that she had previously chosen (which we actually worked our asses off for and made REALLY good!) Ah, memories... The sororities just give the pins back nowadays...

AlphaFrog · #2 10-02-2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ealymc

When we pledged, God forbid one of our pins were stolen by a sorority girl or we would have to do something to earn it back from her. Well, my pledge class lost two pins in the SAME DAMN WEEK and we decided to march across campus (in our Oxfords and boxers, no less) chanting "A-L-P-H-A, S-I-G-M-A, Alpha Sig, Alpha Sig, ASA" and once we reached the chapter room, she was serenaded with the two songs that she had previously chosen (which we actually worked our asses off for and made REALLY good!) Ah, memories... The sororities just give the pins back nowadays...

So glad my sisters used to razz you.

ealymc · #3 10-02-2007, 10:59 AM

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So glad my sisters used to razz you.

They were our favorites, man. Always pickin' at us in some way and we LOVED it! LOL

REE1993 · #4 10-02-2007, 11:07 AM

I think it's respectful to greet sisters as Miss (first name). You do it on interviews at work and in many other social situations. Standing for alumnae and National Officers - always a thoughtful gesture.

Sister interviews/signatures -how else are you going to get to know each sister? Imagine being able to meet every sister of your entire soririty, even for 15 minutes... it's very cool. Now, in chapters of 100+ girls, I imagine that's tough, but maybe they can do tandem interviews for 5 minutes. It was a great way to learn stuff you might not know otherwise, and forge new relationships.

DeeZeeOE07 · #5 10-02-2007, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ealymc

When we pledged, God forbid one of our pins were stolen by a sorority girl or we would have to do something to earn it back from her. Well, my pledge class lost two pins in the SAME DAMN WEEK and we decided to march across campus (in our Oxfords and boxers, no less) chanting "A-L-P-H-A, S-I-G-M-A, Alpha Sig, Alpha Sig, ASA" and once we reached the chapter room, she was serenaded with the two songs that she had previously chosen (which we actually worked our asses off for and made REALLY good!) Ah, memories... The sororities just give the pins back nowadays...

At my campus the guys still sing to us to get their pins back. My chapter's already stolen atleast one pin from 4 of the 7 fraternities on campus so they have a lot of singing to do! I don't think we get to pick the songs but they do come in their boxers and get on one knee to sing. It's pretty funny!

ealymc · #6 10-02-2007, 02:41 PM

We were an odd pledge class... we looked forward to walking into a room of screaming girls. Go figure.

PhiMuFriend · #7 10-02-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeZeeOE07

At my campus the guys still sing to us to get their pins back. My chapter's already stolen atleast one pin from 4 of the 7 fraternities on campus so they have a lot of singing to do! I don't think we get to pick the songs but they do come in their boxers and get on one knee to sing. It's pretty funny!

How do the fraternities know you were the group that stole it? Do you send a ransom note? I have these silly visions of a fraternity pin laying on a daily news paper wearing a itty bitty blind fold.

PhoenixAzul · #8 10-02-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ealymc

When we pledged, God forbid one of our pins were stolen by a sorority girl or we would have to do something to earn it back from her. Well, my pledge class lost two pins in the SAME DAMN WEEK and we decided to march across campus (in our Oxfords and boxers, no less) chanting "A-L-P-H-A, S-I-G-M-A, Alpha Sig, Alpha Sig, ASA" and once we reached the chapter room, she was serenaded with the two songs that she had previously chosen (which we actually worked our asses off for and made REALLY good!) Ah, memories... The sororities just give the pins back nowadays...

heh, we don't take pins (they're kinda hard to get) but pledge books/manuals are like GOLD on our campus. The tradition of stealing/obtaining books is really, really strong. There is usually a "price" to be paid to get them back (usually a doughnut or a song). Certain fraternity books have a very, very high price on their heads (our brother fraternity being one of them). It's mostly in jest, but the boys take it a bit too seriously sometimes. The "rule" is that it has to be the pledge's error. It can't be taken if, say, the pledge hands it to a fraternity man to get his chapter information. It can't be taken if it is in a bag. However, if she leaves it wide open on a cafeteria table while she goes and chats to someone on the other side...fair game.