Question for DGs

[AngieWashU]

I know this is a repeat, but it is an important message:

AS DICTATED BY EO, new members can wear any DG symbols except the crest and badge.

Anything else could be considered hazing.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by AngieWashU

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Anything else could be considered hazing.

HAZING????????????????? Surely you jest? What on this planet of the gods could possibly be hazing about such rules?

I absolutely don't understand how a rule that says you can't wear, say, chapter letters, or even DG letters, until you're initiated could possibly be hazing.

Note, I don't say I agree with such rules. I simply don't see how they could possibly be considered hazing, even under today's overly restrictive definitions.

And I have never understood why our pledges don't take just as great pride in Pi Alpha as they do in Delta Gamma.

[AngieWashU]

Originally Posted by DGTess

HAZING????????????????? Surely you jest? What on this planet of the gods could possibly be hazing about such rules?

I absolutely don't understand how a rule that says you can't wear, say, chapter letters, or even DG letters, until you're initiated could possibly be hazing.

Note, I don't say I agree with such rules. I simply don't see how they could possibly be considered hazing, even under today's overly restrictive definitions.

And I have never understood why our pledges don't take just as great pride in Pi Alpha as they do in Delta Gamma.

Tess,

I understand your perspective, and maybe I have misunderstood EO's policies, but if it is only the crest (and badge) that are restricted to initiated members, then preventing any group of chapter members from using greek letters (for example) would be hazing. Perhaps our definition of hazing sometimes eliminates harmless fun, but I think it is worth it to protect our integrity as an organization.

Angie