Jackets.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

If you're paying for it, do whatever the heck you want.

seriously. youll know if youre copying too much or not. do you. have fun, rep yours.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by tld221

seriously. youll know if youre copying too much or not.

you sure will - after you're DEAD!!!

(joke)

[rhoyaltempest]

We need to be honest with the poster though. Many of us on this board are in alumnae chapters now or we came in thru alumnae chapters. Speaking as a former undergrad member of my org, many undergrads are indeed very sensitive to the things/traditions that the NPHC groups are widely known for, especially on campuses where they are the only orgs doing things a certain way. For example, on my undergrad campus we had all of the NPHC orgs except for Iotas, but there were no other "ethnic" orgs or multi-cultural orgs. The service orgs we had such as Gamma Sigma Sigma, did not model anything after the NPHC groups so we were the only ones on campus modeling the NPHC traditions.

Now we have all had discussions on gc about the NPHC "traditions" and the fact that no one owns anything but the reality is that most undergrads are not mature enough yet to see things the way that we do here on gc.

[DSTCHAOS]

I do not really see it about maturity, though. I see it as a sense of ownership and that will also depend on campus climate, among other things.

On just about every GLO paraphernalia site that doesn't specialize in NPHC gear only, there are coaches and lettermen jackets for all organizations. Whether or not NPC and IFC members actually wear them on a particular campus is a different story.

But as an undergrad and now as an alum, I wouldn't and don't think anything of seeing an NPC or IFC member wearing a jacket if it only has basics like the letters and a crest. It's not like she was going to create crossing info and so forth for the jacket.