Who should be allowed to have CANES, aside from NUPES??

[BluIcez]

I just wanted to point it out, it might be 4 yrs old, but it still needed to stated.

And yes, Blind People, Sheperds etc used canes, but when it comes to Greekdom, Kappas & Sigmas are the originators, now I don't know about SGRho's but I won't touch that topic.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by BluIcez

I just wanted to point it out, it might be 4 yrs old, but it still needed to stated.

And yes, Blind People, Sheperds etc used canes, but when it comes to Greekdom, Kappas & Sigmas are the originators, now I don't know about SGRho's but I won't touch that topic.

It didn't NEED to be stated because, well, it's already been discussed.

[Animate]

Originally Posted by BluIcez

I just wanted to point it out, it might be 4 yrs old, but it still needed to stated.

No...it really didn't.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by BluIcez

I just wanted to point it out, it might be 4 yrs old, but it still needed to stated.

A cane can be handy for beating the dust out of this topic.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

A cane can be handy for beating the dust out of this topic.

Or, in this case, a dead horse.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Or, in this case, a dead horse.

I had considered that metaphor but I figure the argument isn't dead yet as there is no clear winner. lol

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by BluIcez

I just wanted to point it out, it might be 4 yrs old, but it still needed to stated.

And yes, Blind People, Sheperds etc used canes, but when it comes to Greekdom, Kappas & Sigmas are the originators, now I don't know about SGRho's but I won't touch that topic.

I know we're beating a dead horse here but I just had to throw in my 22 cents.

How SGRho's came to use canes isn't rocket science. There are members/chapters of SGRho that don't step with or twirl canes at all and have no desire to learn for that matter and there are chapters that hold this as a dear tradition that is passed down from line to line. And no this did not start in the 90's. Who said that? Today, a soror can easily find another soror to teach them cane steps (and by the way, some are unique to us) and how to twirl but on those campuses where SGRho and Kappa were/are cool and even considered themselves to have a sister/brother relationship (don't know when this started but was definitely prior to the 90's and yes this did and does exist on some campuses...get over it!), Kappas did indeed teach SGRho's how to twirl. I have witnessed such lessons myself and the Kappas who do the teaching are usually proud and even flattered to see sorors handling their canes so well (not me though, I can't stand Kappas ). Some of my sorors handle them a little too well (just check youtube LOL). Anyway, today of course sorors are teaching sorors regardless of a Kappa/SGRho relationship or lack thereof, so in this way their tradition became our tradition among those members and chapters that embrace it. My undergrad chapter only used staffs when stepping (Spr. '93 in da house!); we never had a desire to use canes and to this day, we are still a non-cane stepping/carrying/twirling chapter.

[BluIcez]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

I know we're beating a dead horse here but I just had to throw in my 22 cents.

How SGRho's came to use canes isn't rocket science. There are members/chapters of SGRho that don't step with or twirl canes at all and have no desire to learn for that matter and there are chapters that hold this as a dear tradition that is passed down from line to line. And no this did not start in the 90's. Who said that? Today, a soror can easily find another soror to teach them cane steps (and by the way, some are unique to us) and how to twirl but on those campuses where SGRho and Kappa were/are cool and even considered themselves to have a sister/brother relationship (don't know when this started but was definitely prior to the 90's and yes this did and does exist on some campuses...get over it!), Kappas did indeed teach SGRho's how to twirl. I have witnessed such lessons myself and the Kappas who do the teaching are usually proud and even flattered to see sorors handling their canes so well (not me though, I can't stand Kappas ). Some of my sorors handle them a little too well (just check youtube LOL). Anyway, today of course sorors are teaching sorors regardless of a Kappa/SGRho relationship or lack thereof, so in this way their tradition became our tradition among those members and chapters that embrace it. My undergrad chapter only used staffs when stepping (Spr. '93 in da house!); we never had a desire to use canes and to this day, we are still a non-cane stepping/carrying/twirling chapter.

Thank you RhoyalTempest. I appreciated that.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by BluIcez

Thank you RhoyalTempest. I appreciated that.

I do own a couple canes though and probably could twirl them if it wasn't for my carpal tunnel. I used to twirl a baton when I was younger.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by CentaurDB

I feel you on them Kappas tho. I think they some bitches.

QFT

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by CentaurDB

This was on point. The SGRhos and da Kappas don't have a tight relationship wit each other like we do wit our sweethearts. I feel you on them Kappas tho. I think they some bitches.

Actually on some campuses the relationship is quite tight (whether I like it or not ) and please don't compare my org to an auxiliary. The dynamics between two organizations on the same professional level (who aren't officially connected) vs. one that "guides/leads" and is the reason for the other will always be at times challenging.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by CentaurDB

But they aint tight nationally. I wasnt really trying to compare yall like our sweethearts, I was jus sayin that we tight on a national level. I wasnt trying to disrespect yall, tho.

redundant dead horse rant/

Yes, because your sweethearts are sweethearts. Their organizational value is that you all recognize them nationally and haven't abandoned them as other frats abandoned theirs. With that context in mind, of course your sweethearts are tight with you nationally. When we talk about bonds, we are talking about sororities and fraternities and (regardless of the history, etc.) it is more about unconstitutional as compared to constitutional bonds. It's also worth noting that constitutional bond doesn't mean that all of the members like each other and hang together on every campus and in every city.

And I would say I also don't like Krappas. There are some things about the fraternal entity and the men that I have met over the years that have always annoyed me. My friend (who is a member) and I rarely discuss Greekdom despite the fact that he and I are both very active at the alumnae/alumni level. That keeps my Krappa jokes to a minimum so we don't have to fight.

/redundant dead horse rant