AlphaChiGirl -
Actually this happened to us on our campus. A girl had stolen some letters and other AXO stuff from her roommate and was sporting it around. We have a very small campus though, so we were able to stop her before she did any damage. Our dean of student services went with our president and alum member to get the stuff back. The girl was like seriously mental and ended up leaving school shortly thereafter. She hadn't even gone through rush or anything so it wasn't like she was rejected by us (or anyone)...she just knew it was easy to steal from her roommate. This is what worries me about ebay - what if someone buys a badge and just shows up at a sorority/fraternity function? We have a very strict policy that no one attends a function until we have a positive ID through National's or the visitor's home chapter. I suggest that others do this also (as it is not hard for someone to find out passwords or whatever from members who have quit). For instance I know the entire ritual for another NPC group. I was not in a sorority yet, and my friend was and she hated it and told me what kind of hell I would go through during initiation if I pledged XYZ group. I didn't pledge them, obviously, but I suppose if I had any interest whatsoever I could just stroll up to a chapter member of XYZ at the university and have a conversation and get in. A good rule of thumb is to always speak to a person if she is wearing your letters - if she is an alum or visitor, she needs to be recognized, if not then you need to call the dean or whomever handles greek affairs and report her.
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