if anyone has a problem with my username future Q-dog leave a comment

[PrettyBoy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWNro-hFkkw

[BlueNYC2]

Originally Posted by neosoul

bwhahahahahahahahaha

*going back to drinking*

lol...you sippin on some blue juice? if so, let me get some soror?

[PrettyBoy]

I'm trippin' off of this joker. He's parading all over GC responding to threads and everything, with "future-QDog as his screen name. LOL.

[Leslie Anne]

Look, you came here looking for information....and you're getting it. There are MANY people here who are older than you and already in fraternities and sororities who are telling you that your username is inappropriate. Take the advice and change it.

I obviously can't speak for the gentlemen of Omega Psi Phi, but if someone came on here with the user name "futureKDee" (which would indicate my sorority) I would be annoyed and ask her politely to change her username. It's presumptuous. If she refused to change it and started getting belligerent about it, I'd start thinking about ways to make sure she never became a KD.

Show some respect. Admiring an organization is fine but don't assume you're going to be accepted by them.

[neosoul]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

lol...you sippin on some blue juice? if so, let me get some soror?

lol I actually was frat... here you go *passes frat some blue juice*

[Velocity_14]

Originally Posted by neosoul

bwhahahahahahahahaha

*going back to drinking*

Imma drink with you...you got some magaritas?

[aephi alum]

Nobody is ever a "future ABC".

In NPC terminology, you are:
- a potential new member (PNM) if you are eligible for / participating in recruitment
- a new member if you've pledged but not initiated (i.e. a "new member of ABC" - depending on the sorority, you will be extended certain privileges as a new member, but you still might not be initiated)
- a sister if you're initiated (i.e. a "sister of ABC")

In NPHC terminology (this is my understanding as an outsider), you are:
- a rushee if you are participating in rush
- on line if you've pledged but not initiated (i.e. not a member yet, and you still might not be initiated, so "future ABC" is still incorrect)
- a soror or frater if you're initiated (then and only then can you call yourself an ABC)

(NPHC folks, please correct me if I'm wrong.)

In any case............... virtual margaritas and popcorn for all

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Nobody is ever a "future ABC".

...

In NPHC terminology (this is my understanding as an outsider), you are:

- an interest or potential if attending a mixer or rush activity. It is understood by everyone you have done your research and are using discretion

- Prospective candidate that is ONLY known between you and your chosen organization--meaning you have submitted your paperwork and are currently having your application reviewed (Future "abc" is still incorrect--you may still NOT be extended an invitation to join...)

- a soror or brother if you are formally initiated, meaning that HQ KNOWS you have undergone a formal process and you have legitimately received notice that you are a full member. We can tell when one has not...

(NPHC folks, please correct me if I'm wrong.)

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

- an interest or potential if attending a mixer or rush activity. It is understood by everyone you have done your research and are using discretion

- Prospective candidate that is ONLY known between you and your chosen organization--meaning you have submitted your paperwork and are currently having your application reviewed (Future "abc" is still incorrect--you may still NOT be extended an invitation to join...)

- a soror or brother if you are formally initiated, meaning that HQ KNOWS you have undergone a formal process and you have legitimately received notice that you are a full member. We can tell when one has not...

(NPHC folks, please correct me if I'm wrong.)

each stage is probably named a little different in each org., but the concept is basically the same.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

- an interest or potential if attending a mixer or rush activity. It is understood by everyone you have done your research and are using discretion

Out of curiosity (and, if I'm stepping on toes, I apologize in advance), before the prevalence of the internet, was discretion as important as it is now? I often wonder just how big of an impact the web has had on different aspects of Greek life, so I can't help but wonder whether discretion amongst NPHC potentials has become even more paramount than it used to be.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

In NPHC terminology (this is my understanding as an outsider), you are:
- a rushee if you are participating in rush
- on line if you've pledged but not initiated (i.e. not a member yet, and you still might not be initiated, so "future ABC" is still incorrect)
- a soror or frater if you're initiated (then and only then can you call yourself an ABC)

(NPHC folks, please correct me if I'm wrong.)

In any case............... virtual margaritas and popcorn for all

What's a frater?
Speak for your own umbrella group.....please.

[FeeFee]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

What's a frater?
Speak for your own umbrella group.....please.

Prettyboy, I've seen the the term Frater used many times in the NPHC realm.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by future-Qdog

leave me a comment cause im tired of negative feedback and i dont see a problem

Right now, I would say you have the same problem as a cute little gerbil swimming in an aquarium with a school of hungry Piranha.

Saving Act II popcorn for the event to unfold. lol

<<<<<<<--------future-qdog

<<<<<<<<--------two members of Omega Psi Phi

[SthrnZeta]

I think it's just frat, not fratER.

[Senusret I]

^^^ We were probably posting at the same time, but yes, Frat is generally between members of the same organization and Frater is generally used in official NPHC settings.

But we can and do use Frater more formally, and did much more so in the past.