Dual Memberships

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by PageantDiamonds

I have a friend who pledged an NPC sorority, but wasn't initiated. She is attempting to AI into a different group, and has almost completed the process. I told her that she should relinquish all of her old letters.

It surprises me that a pledge was even given letters.....In most NPC sororites, you can not wear letters until you are full member. The only exception I know of is if a chapter is brand new, then the new member class is allowed to wear letters...

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

It surprises me that a pledge was even given letters.....In most NPC sororites, you can not wear letters until you are full member. The only exception I know of is if a chapter is brand new, then the new member class is allowed to wear letters...

That is very much an exception, not the rule. While a few sororities have national rules on it, most of them do not, and such rules are made on a chapter by chapter basis. In fact they can be considered hazing.

Our bid day shirts have letters on them, as did those of all of the chapters at our school.

[kathykd2005]

Agreed. For years, our new member class received letters on Bid Night/Bid Day, and our former national president was aware of those evenings since she lived near by--if we had been doing anything wrong, we would have heard about it, trust me. The only reason they stopped doing it is because they decided they wanted to wear their fashionable Bid Day shirts designed by chapter sisters instead. However, they are still "shirted" with letters, as well. That is not a standard rule for all NPCs.

[Thetagirl218]

Ok, my bad....I know it a rule for Theta, and I had been told by many other members of other GLOs it was for them too....Maybe it was just at those chapters though....

[kathykd2005]

That could be it--it might have been in their chapter bylaws; but again, that could be considered hazing by today's standards. You have to be really careful.

[Buttonz]

I know as for the campus I was initiated at, no NM wore letters, out of the three NPCs, three locals, and the fraternities on campus.

[kathykd2005]

Again, the point we were making is that NOT all NPCs tell their new members they cannot wear letters, although some may still do that. I can not speak for any organization, even my own, since I am not a national officer. However, of the 4 NPC organizations on my undergraduate campus, and the 2 NIC fraternities, ALL of them allowed their new members to wear letter jerseys. No new member was told not to wear letters at any time.