Strictness of sororities

[GPhiSweetiePie]

(I'm board crashing too, sorry )

I just wanted to say that I really agree with CarolinaDG that if you are wearing your GLO's letters, you should be looking nice instead of looking like you've just rolled out of bed. Who knows, some naive person might see you like that and think your whole house is a bunch of slobs or something.

[Lil' Hannah]

There is no set number on how many sisters need to be present for an event to be considered "co-sponsored." It's basically the ratio of DGs to non-DGs which determines co-sponsorship.

[swissmiss04]

Sorry to board crash, but I gotta add my 2 cents...I've never seen a DG looking or acting trashy, so major props to all of you!!
Yes it definitely is an image thing. As a good Southern girl I was taught that a lady never drank straight out of the bottle, always out of a cup and in a way that didn't make obvious WHAT it was you were drinking. Also, if you're drinking out of a cup, hey, it could be water or it could be Everclear, but if you're drinking out of a beer bottle, then no doubt what it is. Also, I can NOT abide by some fraternity members on campus that wear not only shirts w/ their letters on them, but other groups' as well and look like the last time they saw soap they were going the other way! And I depise seeing anyone in letters looking trashy (that is to say, too much makeup, too much "gunk" in the hair, rear end hanging out of the shorts, smacking gum, smoking, smelling offensively, etc). I know my sisters would let me have it if I went out in my letters looking like a streetwalker or someone who just rolled out of bed. Where's the respect!

[nucutiepie]

Sorry to board crash as well, but I agree on two points.

First, on the no smoking in letters/outside the house. I don't smoke, which is probably why i feel this way, but I really dont think it's becoming to see people smoking in their letters or in front of the house. My house has a lot of smokers in it, and I feel like it looks trashy to watch people smoking on the front porch of our otherwise beautiful house.

I also agree with Carolina DG that if you are wearing your letters out you had better look good. Even if I am wearing my letters to the gym (like, old rush or bid day shirts) I make sure my hair has been washed, my ponytail is neat, and I at least have mascara on! There is nothing worse than seeing someone in letters who looks like they just rolled out of bed!

[CarolinaDG]

I think, actually, that is why we have the rule about no smoking in letters... people have different opinions about it, and it's just best to play it safe and not do it.

On the other hand, I want to tell a story about something that happened last night. A couple of sisters and I went downstairs to smoke (there's no smoking on the hall, either). Well, I wasn't smoking, but the other two were, both not wearing letters. At one point, I looked down and realized that the shirt that I had on was a Sigma Chi Derby Days shirt, so not technically my letters, so I said something like, "Oh, I guess I didn't have to worry about sitting with y'all while y'all were smoking." Well, a couple of girls from another sorority were also sitting across the way and turned around. I noticed that they actually had their letters on and were smoking. I think that they were so surprised that we weren't allowed to, but I think that they are actually one of only two sororities on campus that are allowed to smoke in letters. It just kind of surprised me that they were so surprised.

[DGGirl]

I've noticed something on these boards, and in talking to other greeks as well... Is it just me, or do some sororities have different levels of strictness coming from their nationals (EO, in our case)? I've noticed, for example, that some people who are talking about "sorority life" are completely TRASHING the girls, with their sorority letters listed in their name (such as my "CarolinaDG"). Also, I've run into a girl in a bar (different sorority, not DG) with her crush party shirt on (is this just our chapter, or are NO DG's allowed to wear letters where there's alcohol being served?) I just feel as if I'm constantly worried about what I say on these boards, but when I wander over to other boards, people just say what they want to. I mean, I even got in trouble by our member educator while I was a new member for saying a cuss word on my away message while my buddy icon was DG. I'm not saying that DG's wrong about being this strict, but I just wanted to pose the question... are we the only sorority that is?

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I was always under the impresssion that we're allowed to drink in shirts that say "Delta Gamma" on them, but not on shirts that had our actual greek letters on them.

[sororitygirl2]

I don't think any national/international org. is "stricter" than any other... many have similar rules because they are covered by FIPG insurance policies, etc... The differences are from chapter to chapter more than GLO to GLO. Some are just better at enforcing the rules than others... and some are more overly anal than necessary too, probably.

Also, I think it is funny that people say you shouldn't drink in letters because you are representing your organization even if you don't have your letters on (for instance, guaranteed that people on your campus recognize you as sorority girls when you are at the bars together even if you have no letters present). You should not act inappropriate IN or OUT of your letters.

[CarolinaDG]

I think the thing about drinking with letters is that when you have your letters on, it's almost like your sorority is the one who's drinking, wheras if you don't have them on, you as an individual is the one who's drinking. Does that make sense?