Pledge Pin Requirements

[speedsters]

When I was a new memeber we wore ours all the time, unless sleeping, at practice or drinking (and then we were told to pin it to our bras). I love the ZTA new member pin, it is so different. I was glad though if i did forget to put it on, I wouldn't be yelled at as some of the other sororities did.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by speedsters

When I was a new memeber we wore ours all the time, unless sleeping, at practice or drinking (and then we were told to pin it to our bras). I love the ZTA new member pin, it is so different. I was glad though if i did forget to put it on, I wouldn't be yelled at as some of the other sororities did.

Does your chapter still do it this way - just curious. I love not only that our NM pin is so unique, but also what it stands for.

[KSUViolet06]

My chapter requires the NMs to wear their NM pins to any event at which active members are required to wear badges. For example, if chapter is badge attire and actives wear badges, the NMs are expected to wear their pins. They are encouraged to wear them when ever they're wearing pin attire around campus, but we would never make it mandatory.

Reason: The NM pin is only to be worn when you're dressed properly. Why would we want them walking around wearing our pin when they (for example) are going to softball practice or going to the gym or lounging wearing sweats? The same rules apply to the badge. Why would we make the NMs wear their pins everywhere, if we wouldn't make actives wear the badge at all times?

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

My chapter requires the NMs to wear their NM pins to any event at which active members are required to wear badges. For example, if chapter is badge attire and actives wear badges, the NMs are expected to wear their pins. They are encouraged to wear them when ever they're wearing pin attire around campus, but we would never make it mandatory.

Reason: The NM pin is only to be worn when you're dressed properly. Why would we want them walking around wearing our pin when they (for example) are going to softball practice or going to the gym or lounging wearing sweats? The same rules apply to the badge. Why would we make the NMs wear their pins everywhere, if we wouldn't make actives wear the badge at all times?

It was made clear that the Pledge Pin (as it was still called then) was only to be worn when wearing chapter attire. Not all pledges wear chapter attire when attending classes, so we wore Pledge Ribbons instead.

[AlphaXi4983]

As a pledge class we all decided to wear them every day (unless doing something inappropriate), but the only time the chapter required us to wear them was when the sisters were required to wear their Quills (formal meeting, etc.).

[PhiLove83]

Our chapter requires that the new members wear their pin at all times, but we cannot do anything if they don't obviously. If they are out drinking or something else where sisters would not be allowed to wear letters we ask that they pin it to their bra strap.

[AlwaysSAI]

In SAI, the week before the MiTs are pledged, they wear red and white ribbons at all times (except those stated above). Once they have been formally pinned they are to wear ribbons at all times and their pledge pin when they are dressed up for a performance or attending a business casual meeting.

For Phi Sig, the initiates are required to wear their pledge pin at all time except when they are sleeping, having sex, drinking, showering, etc...

[Senusret I]

The dead has arisen!

[nittanyalum]

I loved wearing mine too, although the colors on our pin went with NOTHING, it seemed like, unfortunately. And I have that family picture, too, Belle! Padded shoulders and all, I wore my pledge pin to Christmas Mass and proudly sported that beautiful red, buff and strange-color-green (on my pin, anyway) pin on my burgundy suit. Lots of hairspray, big bangs. It was sweet.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Zeta13Girl

we can't force our new members on our campus to wear pledge pins. It's considered "hazing".

Yeah, Alpha Delta Pi considers it hazing, too. I still wish we had a happy medium - but when I think of what I'd want, it wouldn't work. *sigh*

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I loved wearing mine too, although the colors on our pin went with NOTHING, it seemed like, unfortunately. And I have that family picture, too, Belle! Padded shoulders and all, I wore my pledge pin to Christmas Mass and proudly sported that beautiful red, buff and strange-color-green (on my pin, anyway) pin on my burgundy suit. Lots of hairspray, big bangs. It was sweet.

I never even thought about the color bit! Ours is gold, but it's in every photo of me taken during the almost five months I was a pledge!

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I never even thought about the color bit!

Yeah, I didn't at the time, either, because we just wore it all the time so it didn't matter what you were wearing, but now when I see old pictures, I do notice that it clashed - a LOT.

[SWTXBelle]

If memory serves, we wore the official pledge pin with nice clothes - the pledge ribbons all the time.

[FirstAndFinest]

We wore our pledge pins at all times - except when drinking at a bar/club (in those cases, it was on our bras). If we were drinking at a fraternity party or elsewhere on campus, we wore our pins.

Like Honey said, our new members now have the same pin-wearing requirments/restictions as our initiated members.

[tben#32]

if i become a pledger, do i have to wear it in my hometown also?

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by tben#32

if i become a pledger, do i have to wear it in my hometown also?

By rules yes but what are the odds of getting caught by a brother without it there?