Plegdes wearing letters???

[starang21]

Originally posted by DGMarie
Well, they are certainly noticeable. And they appear to be very expensive from what I've seen. I've always thought of them as being half written in secret code. but certainly fun!

they are expensive. i got two of them, and they cost me a pretty penny. i gotta get my little brother one because he's in the bond now.

[starang21]

Originally posted by DGMarie
What does all the embroidery/symbols mean (well, unless secret!)

it's a secret

[starang21]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
I was told by someone (NOT a Delta Sig) to NOT buy a jacket like that because I'd look too much "like one of those cultural greeks".

I'm still buying one.

Hell, I get siht cause I had my pledge class embroidered on the sleeve, my last name on the hood, and my nickname on the back

man, you need to get that ish and be out as hell.

[33girl]

Originally posted by starang21
regardless, that has nothing to do with it. being male or femaile is irrelevant. the colors are just as important as the letters and hold just as much meaning to NPHC organizations.

I did mean the colors that the letters are in (sorry if that wasn't clear). Like you said - the colors are as important as the letters.

To sum up: in NPHC, wearing another group's colors - in letters or in general attire - is looked upon the same as wearing another group's letters would be in NPC or IFC. Agreed?

[Buttonz]

What I meant was....before a girl was on-line for AKA, she wore a lot of pink, because itwas her fav color. TO suddenly go from wearing a lot of pink to none would give anyone who was close to her the idea she was on line for them IMO

[tunatartare]

I'm with Buttonz on this one

[starang21]

Originally posted by 33girl
I did mean the colors that the letters are in (sorry if that wasn't clear). Like you said - the colors are as important as the letters.

To sum up: in NPHC, wearing another group's colors - in letters or in general attire - is looked upon the same as wearing another group's letters would be in NPC or IFC. Agreed?

no, and like i said, the fact that it's a frat and a sorority with the same colors has nothing to do with it. in the NPHC, wearing your letters in anything EXCEPT your colors is a BIG NO NO. if i saw a bruh that had letters in anything except brown and gold, that's a situation.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by Senusret I
And I only WISH that this was one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen.

Why can't you understand that EVERY organization is different? Nobody goes around here talking about DUMB Lambda Chi Alpha and its practices are, so what gives you the right to talk to others the way you are?

Different organizations have different traditions! GET OVER IT!

When I became an APO pledge, we were given items that were ENTRUSTED to us. Nothing we were given belonged to us as pledges, specifically the pledge book and pledge pin. I don't think it made us work harder, but it made us APPRECIATE the solemnity of our initiation. Actually LEARNING what something meant and then being given the right to wear it.

Same with Alpha....I appreciate my letters because they were mysterious to me for so long.

And i RESPECT the fact that others do it differently! My school had NO NPC/IFC system, so a lot of what i know about it, I learned from greekchat and then later, when i went to grad school someplace where they had such a system. It's different, and if they are okay with it, i am okay with it!

I never would have though about having colors for my family tree....it's a tradition!

Cultural relativism man....it is a MUST that we adopt it in the Greek communities!

AMEN!

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by dzrose93
Our girls can wear DZ letters, but cannot wear the Delta Zeta crest in any way until after initiation. Not on a lavaliere, hat, car, shirt, etc.

We're the same (at least when I was active, and I think we still are). A few of my sisters were so excited to buy me my first item with our crest once I was initiated. Yes, it was a shot glass............ And yes, I still have it.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Senusret I
AND WHY CAN'T I IGNORE YOU??????

THAT SUCKS!

You can't ignore mods, so you're stuck with me too.

Quite frankly, it doesn't matter to me what other orgs do as long as they don't mind what we do. Our umbrella councils are very different, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. While I certainly think the way that AKA or SGRho operates is a little odd, I know that the sisters of those sororities feel the same way about what Gamma Phi or Tri Delt does. It happens.

I just wish SOME PEOPLE would learn to behave and be a little bit more respectful.

[Kevin]

I don't know about the whole argument here. I mean, what are we arguing about?

Who cares if someone else does something differently?

If it hurts them, who suffers for their actions? They do. Should we bother them about it? Nope.

I think it's perfectly valid here to say what your organization does.

I think it's overstepping to tell them that they are wrong for what they are doing.

[Senusret I]

NPHC organizations (and many other BGLOs, LGLOs, and MCGLOs) have rules/protocol on how paraphernalia may be worn, including what color the letters may be. Each set of rules may have variations.

I personally will not comment on whether another organization's colors are equal in value to their letters. I CANNOT speak for ANY other organization on the NPHC, and I hope that none try to generalize on my behalf. We are all different organizations.

I have not seen sitched letter shirts in any colors other than the official colors of that organization. However, I will enumerate some things I have seen among NPHC organizations:

Letters on one of the two official colors.
Letters on white, black, gray, khaki, and denim.
Letters bordered in a color not normally associated with the organization, but not exactly clashing with the colors. I think this is called an "anchor" color.
Letters made from a fabric that is in the colors of the organization. (For example, black and gold plaid.)
Chapter letters (on the sleeve) in a color other than one of the two official colors.
Paraphernalia in the "official substitute" colors.

*****

Finally.....I am a grown man and will wear whatever colors I look good in....and that's ALL OF EM! lol But when it comes to Alpha paraphernalia, tradition dictates that my letters are in black and gold, and the fabric must be black and gold or some other neutral color.

[Buttonz]

I cant imagine having to only wear letters in our colors. One of m favorite things about goign shopping for letts is matching up patterns and backgrounds but maybe thats just me

[Eclipse]

Originally posted by Buttonz
What I meant was....before a girl was on-line for AKA, she wore a lot of pink, because itwas her fav color. TO suddenly go from wearing a lot of pink to none would give anyone who was close to her the idea she was on line for them IMO

I understood what you meant which is why I said

If an undergraduate young lady was seriously interested in AKA as an undergrad student, even if her favorite color was pink, I doubt very seriously if she would wear pink 2 -3 times per week even before she because (should be becomes...don't want to change it because that's how it was in the original post) an offical "intakee" or what ever they are called.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Stan I have the American flag letters too - I really like them!

Me too. Got them for convention last year.

I'm glad we can get letters in many different colors. Brown is not exactly my favorite color.........

My letters mean a lot to me. But they mean the same, no matter what color they are in.