Rush Shirt Ideas

[Trey_P-I_47]

Ive always enjoyed the 'funny' shirts.....i.e.

Front: Lambda Chi Alpha Mechanics

Back: We Screw
We Nut
We Bolt

Or the little guy giving the thumbs up with te slogan 'Putting excitement back into sororities since 1909'

Or my favorite.

Front: Lambda Chi Alpha Brotherhood

Back: 'tighter than your little sister'

But these are just a few of my favorites, probably not smiled upon by authoritave figures though.


In ZAX

[JonoBN41]

Stay away from anything "generic" that could be (and probably has been) used by any fraternity. They're cliche and lame, not to mention degrading to women in some cases. That's not who we are.

Get more specific. How about something with a bulldog, a helicopter, a motorcycle, and a Lambda Chi. Choppers!

No one else can use choppers but us. It's unique.

[Ottor 246]

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Ive always enjoyed the 'funny' shirts.....i.e.

Front: Lambda Chi Alpha Mechanics

Back: We Screw
We Nut
We Bolt

Or the little guy giving the thumbs up with te slogan 'Putting excitement back into sororities since 1909'

Or my favorite.

Front: Lambda Chi Alpha Brotherhood

Back: 'tighter than your little sister'

But these are just a few of my favorites, probably not smiled upon by authoritave figures though.


In ZAX

Trey,

I agree that these are "cute," but it's time they became a part of our history. In one of the sessions at Leadership Seminar in '07, Brother Ray Lutzky showed us a slide of the LXA Mechanics shirt. Most of us laughed our heads off. Then he asked us, what happens when one of our brothers is accused of a crime against a woman and the prosecutor shows the jury that shirt?

You know it's a joke. I know it's a joke. The jury may or may not see the humor. The way society has gotten, many people are too uptight to take a joke as a joke. And the way Hollywood portrays greeks doesn't help. A group of "adults" could easily see that shirt and come away with the idea that treating women badly is something Lambda Chi's do as a matter of course.

I think a good guideline for T-shirt designs is, "Would I be embarrassed if my Grandma saw this shirt?" If she would be, don't do it.

[JConleyWCU]

Originally Posted by Ottor 246

Trey,

I agree that these are "cute," but it's time they became a part of our history. In one of the sessions at Leadership Seminar in '07, Brother Ray Lutzky showed us a slide of the LXA Mechanics shirt. Most of us laughed our heads off. Then he asked us, what happens when one of our brothers is accused of a crime against a woman and the prosecutor shows the jury that shirt?

You know it's a joke. I know it's a joke. The jury may or may not see the humor. The way society has gotten, many people are too uptight to take a joke as a joke. And the way Hollywood portrays greeks doesn't help. A group of "adults" could easily see that shirt and come away with the idea that treating women badly is something Lambda Chi's do as a matter of course.

I think a good guideline for T-shirt designs is, "Would I be embarrassed if my Grandma saw this shirt?" If she would be, don't do it.

I was in that session, and took a lot back. We do use a simpler design we try to create a brand image. We put the Cross & Crescent on tons of stuff, because if they cannot remember what upside "V" X and A mean maybe that will stick. Before we went my design was this:

________________________________________________
" What kind of Qualities do all Lambda Chi's Possess? "

Honesty
Understanding
Generosity
Eloquence
Compassion
Obedience
Caring
Kindness
Sympathy
_______________________________________________

Besides getting a laugh out of folks it really doesn't recruit well or reinforce the brand image we try to portray.

[HONKY660]

Originally Posted by JConleyWCU

________________________________________________
" What kind of Qualities do all Lambda Chi's Possess? "

Honesty
Understanding
Generosity
Eloquence
Compassion
Obedience
Caring
Kindness
Sympathy
_______________________________________________

I like it, good shirt.

[JonoBN41]

Originally Posted by JConleyWCU

" What kind of Qualities do all Lambda Chi's Possess? "

Well...maybe not all.

[JConleyWCU]

Funny thing about the shirt idea; We have to run all ideas through the IFC to make sure everything is tasteful... This one went through IFC as the grad assistant didn't notice the correlation.

[LXASigEp444]