Alpha Sigma Alpha colonizes at Capital!

[LouisaMay]

One more thing...
I knew the ladybug mascot was an issue. How was that handled? I'm not quite sure what "not shoving the ladybug down their throats" really means (gotta love your style, 33girl).

Are the ASAs just avoiding the ladybug altogether?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by LouisaMay

One more thing...
I knew the ladybug mascot was an issue. How was that handled? I'm not quite sure what "not shoving the ladybug down their throats" really means (gotta love your style, 33girl).

Are the ASAs just avoiding the ladybug altogether?

They'll probably employ the Phoenix a lot more and since there's no ZTA chapter on campus, they can do a lot more with the star and crown too. Heck, if you have to buy a stuffed eagle and sew flames on its butt so be it.

I mean if everyone on campus sees the ladybug and thinks of another sorority (and I get the impression they are pretty wedded to their mascots) the last thing you want to do is 1) confuse rushees or 2) take the attitude of "we're national, you're local, so we get the mascot."

They also can employ the gold as an accent color to differentiate themselves. That's what Slippery Rock always did since they also had AOII.

It's all about being respectful and realizing that you are the new kids on the block.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Heck, if you have to buy a stuffed eagle and sew flames on its butt so be it.

I giggled.

[LouisaMay]

Originally Posted by 33girl

They'll probably employ the Phoenix a lot more and since there's no ZTA chapter on campus, they can do a lot more with the star and crown too. Heck, if you have to buy a stuffed eagle and sew flames on its butt so be it.

I mean if everyone on campus sees the ladybug and thinks of another sorority (and I get the impression they are pretty wedded to their mascots) the last thing you want to do is 1) confuse rushees or 2) take the attitude of "we're national, you're local, so we get the mascot."

They also can employ the gold as an accent color to differentiate themselves. That's what Slippery Rock always did since they also had AOII.

It's all about being respectful and realizing that you are the new kids on the block.

Yep...I definitely saw the value of respecting the established sorority's mascot. That could be a mess otherwise. I was just wondering if they would use the phoenix (which we tend to under-utilize), or if--for this special case--Raggedy Ann might make a late appearance. (I know she wasn't official, but she was definitely loved.)

[33girl]

The problem with Annie is that she was a licensed character and those cost $$$. We used to be able to buy tons of stuff with imitation Annie on it - t shirts, water bottles etc - but I know way back in the mid 90s, Annie started going away from what we could find at the Greek store and the ladybugs started popping up.

But hey hmmm, I just found this in Wikipedia.

While Simon & Schuster and Hasbro claim to own trademarks to the Raggedy Ann and/or Raggedy Ann and Andy names, the original 1915 doll design and 1918 and 1920 books are in the public domain, their copyright having expired. Books and films published after 1950 are protected by copyright.