International Badge Day: March 1, 2010 - Page 2

Gusteau · #1 02-01-2010, 05:50 PM

I think its an awesome tradition - the reason NIC can't catch on is because they don't have the same governing power that NPC does. Campus IFCs are not monitored by the NIC like campus panhellenics are by the NPC. They just don't really have that line of communication.

That being said, I'll wear my badge on March 1st with Vito and pshsx1!

pshsx1 · #2 02-02-2010, 07:53 AM

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That being said, I'll wear my badge on March 1st with Vito and pshsx1!

Hooray!

Senusret I · #3 02-01-2010, 06:03 PM

I will participate. Not my badge, but some sort of lapel pin or letters.

NinjaPoodle · #4 02-01-2010, 11:46 PM

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I will participate. Not my badge, but some sort of lapel pin or letters.

ditto

thetygerlily · #5 02-26-2010, 02:34 PM

*bump*

Remember to wear your badge on Monday! NPC, NPHC, multicultural, and of course those trend-setting GC guys too

I'm planning to wear two I think- my badge (c. 2002) paired with a historic (c. 1900) badge. It's a good excuse to wear them, and when you wear two you get more questions!

groovypq · #6 02-26-2010, 03:29 PM

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*bump*

Remember to wear your badge on Monday! NPC, NPHC, multicultural, and of course those trend-setting GC guys too

I'm planning to wear two I think- my badge (c. 2002) paired with a historic (c. 1900) badge. It's a good excuse to wear them, and when you wear two you get more questions!

You have a historic badge? That's awesome!

I see older ZTA badges on eBay sometimes - I know they're older because they'll have someone's initials and a date engraved on the back - and I would love to buy one. They always get bid up too high for me, though.

AZTheta · #7 02-26-2010, 03:30 PM

Oh WOW Lily, two badges? You've really raised the bar, you know. I'd like to know what Blondie93 has planned for her Target outfit, and I bet Honey is gonna up the ante now.

thetygerlily · #8 02-26-2010, 03:40 PM

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You have a historic badge? That's awesome!

I see older ZTA badges on eBay sometimes - I know they're older because they'll have someone's initials and a date engraved on the back - and I would love to buy one. They always get bid up too high for me, though.

Yes- I have a few of them! There's a bad scan of them here on the badge trends thread. The 1900 pin is the top one. The ZTA badges are so gorgeous, I think the pins that can have stones all the way around the shield/diamond/triangle/shape look really cool with all their varieties.

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Oh WOW Lily, two badges? You've really raised the bar, you know. I'd like to know what Blondie93 has planned for her Target outfit, and I bet Honey is gonna up the ante now.

Definitely! That's what we always did with the President badge in my chapter- the President wore her standard badge as usual, and the President badge (an award badge with opals) right above. I can't find a picture of me wearing the two together, but the President badge is here. I plan to do the same with the 1900 badge, wearing it right above my key in a place of honor.

I'd like to know what everyone else is doing too

What are you planning, Maria? I know you'll be wearing one!

AZTheta · #9 02-26-2010, 03:54 PM

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I'd like to know what everyone else is doing too

What are you planning, Maria? I know you'll be wearing one!

Lily... tomorrow is the Panhellenic brunch and house tours at U of A; Paige invited me, and I'm excited to go with her. You better believe I'll be wearing my badge tomorrow. Paige will wear one of her vintage Quills, I predict (hint hint hint). We'll be touring KKG, DG, SK and DDD after brunch. The brunch is a fundraiser for the scholarship fund.

I'll be dressed up tomorrow (rain or shine) and then again on Monday. Not promising, but there might be a picture of a quill and a kite posted on this thread. We shall see.

ComradesTrue · #10 02-26-2010, 05:06 PM

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Oh WOW Lily, two badges? You've really raised the bar, you know. I'd like to know what Blondie93 has planned for her Target outfit...

Loving the two badges idea. May just have to do that. I love my own badge, which has my chapter's guard, but I also love the 2 pearl badges that I have rescued off of that auction site (1917 and 1925). It is always such a tough decision, and you may have just solved that for me. Thanks Lily!

As for me, haha Az but I have bigger plans than Target this year! In honor of Badge day, there will be a group of our alumnae chapter that are meeting for lunch. The best part about it is that we are going up to a retirement center nearby to have lunch with some of our 70+ year Thetas! While one of them was able to make it to Founders Day, the others no longer drive, are uncomfortable leaving their familiar surroundings, or may be physically unable to leave their facility. Therefore, we are going to take a very small and modified (belated) Founders Day to them. I can't wait!

When I was discussing this idea with one of the residents there she was so excited about Badge day that she couldn't wait to go tell all of her panhellenic friends. And yes, since this is the south, you better believe that every 90 year old lady in that facility knows the affiliation of everyone else!

I can't wait! Should be lots of fun!

AZTheta · #11 02-26-2010, 05:15 PM

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As for me, haha Az but I have bigger plans than Target this year! In honor of Badge day, there will be a group of our alumnae chapter that are meeting for lunch. The best part about it is that we are going up to a retirement center nearby to have lunch with some of our 70+ year Thetas! While one of them was able to make it to Founders Day, the others no longer drive, are uncomfortable leaving their familiar surroundings, or may be physically unable to leave their facility. Therefore, we are going to take a very small and modified (belated) Founders Day to them. I can't wait!

When I was discussing this idea with one of the residents there she was so excited about Badge day that she couldn't wait to go tell all of her panhellenic friends. And yes, since this is the south, you better believe that every 90 year old lady in that facility knows the affiliation of everyone else!

southerners...sigh... (and not in a mean-spirited way, I'm just a Western girl, what do I know?).

okay, okay Blondie93, you sorta WIN this time but Az Alpha Xi & I have the drop on you. She's bringing her Kappa Delta friend along for brunch tomorrow, so this is truly going to be a Panhellenic outing. And Monday I'm having lunch with my Delta Sigma Theta colleague. She's wearing her letters, I believe.

I hope your alumnae group takes photos & that we'll see one in our magazine or, even better, on FB or on the website.

honeychile · #12 02-26-2010, 06:22 PM

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Oh WOW Lily, two badges? You've really raised the bar, you know. I'd like to know what Blondie93 has planned for her Target outfit, and I bet Honey is gonna up the ante now.

I LOL at that! There's an Alpha Phi who's at all of the Panhellenic events here, and she has an AMAZING badge! She has her pin, then a crest for her guard, and every conceivable office on the chain. She says that she wears it at least once a week - which I believe, since I once investigated the cost of making my pin similar and almost fainted! She gets questioned about it all of the time, and wears in on her lapel.

For a while, I heard that we can wear our pins on our lapel IF the blazer/suit jacket was buttoned shut. Then I heard we can't - so I don't know. I so rarely wear pin attire to work, so I'm sure to be questioned. On past NPC Badge Days, I've worn either my pin ring or lavelier.

Oh, I've also seen two badges connected - it's very interesting, especially when the two are distinctly different. I've also heard that some alumnae can use a little discretion about cheating a little on the rules, claiming "alumnae privilege". My own theory is that I'd rather see ancient sorority women wearing their badges in a polite, if not correct, way rather than seeing pins in drawers. (She says, knowing that she could get pilloried for that!)

And I LOVE the idea of the guys joining in!

AOII Angel · #13 02-26-2010, 06:27 PM

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My own theory is that I'd rather see ancient sorority women wearing their badges in a polite, if not correct, way rather than seeing pins in drawers.

I completely agree!

thetygerlily · #14 02-26-2010, 06:35 PM

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I've also heard that some alumnae can use a little discretion about cheating a little on the rules, claiming "alumnae privilege". My own theory is that I'd rather see ancient sorority women wearing their badges in a polite, if not correct, way rather than seeing pins in drawers. (She says, knowing that she could get pilloried for that!)

I agree with this, actually! The general lesson I learned from one of our Leadership Consultants (the one I mentioned on the badge trends thread who SHOCKED us by wearing her key on a sweatshirt and not over her heart

) was to wear your badge when you're proud to be a Kappa and proud to broadcast it out to the world. Yes, it's most often with "pin attire" but it doesn't have to be. And I like it that way! But... to each her own. I will be wearing the proper attire anyway due to the dress code at work... but I am going to wear a shirt that nicely highlights my keys. I'm thinking black, so the gold really pops.

And all you in AZ- no fair having a mini GC reuinion on badge day without the rest of us! I will begrudgingly send well wishes your way.

steelerbear · #15 02-26-2010, 03:43 PM

I'll be wearing my badge... and then again on Founders' Day 3 days later... and then on my birthday/Founders' Day celebration 2 days after that! :-D