Letters for GDI's

[CarolinaCutie]

I think the next time that someone calls me stupid, I am just going to tell them that my definition of stupid means wonderful, sexy, special, and smart.

[chideltjen]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
I think the next time that someone calls me stupid, I am just going to tell them that my definition of stupid means wonderful, sexy, special, and smart.

Same here...

[Tom Earp]

carolinacutie, you can call me anytime and talk with your drawl!

Why, because I love Ya!

Being an GDI, basically means that they were Not able to get into a Greek Organization, Did not want to, or could not afford it!

HAHA, Not that We are all rich snobs. I worked as all of My Existing Brothers do so they can belong to a Greek Organization as many others do!

What Greek Organizatins have going for them is just not Grades, Grades, Grades! The members also learn about the responsability of how to budget, govern and interact with not only Their Members but The Campus from activities that they are engaged in!

OOOOH, Prime Example:

Homecoming:

How many Shriners, High School Bands, Cowboy/CowGirls will a Parade Hold with out the Floats of Greeks and a Few GDI Clubs?

Who Will donate the most Money overall back to a College?
Who Comes Back Most to College Functions?
Who holds a large proportion of Fortune 500 Companys?
Who are the most Prolificat Members of The Presidency and Congress?

May This Case Be rested?

[deuika]

Rant Rant Rant...Stats Stats Stats


POINT????

[starang21]

i saw some guy with RQQR on the back of his car.

[shadowstar]

it was sort of weird. at my school, most of the GDI's were people who just weren't interested in going Greek. they weren't really anti-Greek, some of them (like my best friend) had lots of Greek friends, hung out with us, etc. but just didn't join for whatever reason. However, my junior year (i think) a group of kids started the Independent Student Council, which had weekly meetings, sponsored events, all sorts of things. and some former Greeks were on it. it was just strange because it seemed to parallel Greek orgs in a lot of ways.

one nice GDI thing, though. my serious boyfriend my junior/senior years was GDI. he made me a little GDI lavalier (out of paperclips and nail polish, but it looked awesome!) to wear since he couldn't really lavalier me.

[Glitter650]

Originally posted by shadowstar
it was sort of weird. at my school, most of the GDI's were people who just weren't interested in going Greek. they weren't really anti-Greek, some of them (like my best friend) had lots of Greek friends, hung out with us, etc. but just didn't join for whatever reason. However, my junior year (i think) a group of kids started the Independent Student Council, which had weekly meetings, sponsored events, all sorts of things. and some former Greeks were on it. it was just strange because it seemed to parallel Greek orgs in a lot of ways.

one nice GDI thing, though. my serious boyfriend my junior/senior years was GDI. he made me a little GDI lavalier (out of paperclips and nail polish, but it looked awesome!) to wear since he couldn't really lavalier me.

That is super cute !!! HOWEVER I have to point out these people who just AREN"T greek for whatever reason are just independent.... they aren't GDI, by definition is someone who is loudly anti greek

[Adelphean1851]

I think it depends on your school, at my school GDI's were basically anyone who wasn't greek for whatever reason. No connotation implied.

But, I posted this because even though I am greek I see marketing potential for GDI t-shirts like the many we have for events n-stuff with smart a** comments on them. Flame me if you want to but I could totally see it.

[BobbyTheDon]

even though I am in a GLO...my friends and I thought it wuold be funny to make other letters too.

I am sure you guys all thought of this before ...(Alpha Sigma Sigma). anyways...we are such dorks, that we made Alpha Sigma Sigma letters. everyone on our campus loved it, and a few other greeks wanted to join the "Alpha Sigma Sigma" family. So they got letters too.

Our other nickname was the Alpha Sigs...

this was pretty funny because it brought alot of Fraternities together (that normally hate eachother). it was a good way for all of us to laugh at ourselves.

it sure is an expensive joke though!

[DeltAlum]

The only time I ever heard two people (a Greek and a non-Greek) use the term God Damned Independent was in jest between these two friends. I was a pledge at the time and had not run across the term at all before. I never heard it used in anger or as name calling in that era.

There were a few "GDI" shirts around campus, but were generally considered a joke by both "sides."

[xo_kathy]

At my school GDIs were just non-Greek, no negative connotation.

However, my mother has a yearbook from her college years that had a GDI editorial staff. The editors made all the GLOs have specific pictures taken or they couldn't be in the book. The had 3 sororities. One group was in pajamas w/sleeping bags/pillows etc b/c their rep was that they slept around, another was dressed like little girls (complete w/bottles, pacifiers and thumb sucking) b/c they were "daddy's girls" and the third had their picture taken at the town dump - b/c, well, you can figure it out. They did the same thing with the guys and their reps.

Of course, the "we're better than you Greeks" GDI editors had their own picture taken and they had greek letters and talked about themselves like they were in a GLO anyway!

[aephi alum]

I never saw GDI shirts or even heard the term before coming to GC.

But, there were a few student orgs at my school that wore letters despite not actually being GLOs. Ex. the Lecture Series Committee wore the letters Lambda Sigma Chi; SIPB (Student Information Processing Board) wore the letters Sigma Pi Beta. They would sometimes wear their letters at rush kickoff to confuse PNMs.

(Before my local went AEPhi, we were Sigma Iota Phi. I can't begin to count the number of people who saw me in letters and assumed I was in SIPB. )

[Adelphean1851]

Originally posted by BobbyTheDon
even though I am in a GLO...my friends and I thought it wuold be funny to make other letters too.

I am sure you guys all thought of this before ...(Alpha Sigma Sigma). anyways...we are such dorks, that we made Alpha Sigma Sigma letters. everyone on our campus loved it, and a few other greeks wanted to join the "Alpha Sigma Sigma" family. So they got letters too.

Our other nickname was the Alpha Sigs...

this was pretty funny because it brought alot of Fraternities together (that normally hate eachother). it was a good way for all of us to laugh at ourselves.

it sure is an expensive joke though!

I'm doing something similar for friends of mine they all live in a house together which everyone refers to as the Geek house (they're all into computers, video games & pen and paper role playing games) so I thought it would be funny to make T-shirts with Gamma Epislon Kappa (GEK) on them.

[mommag2]

I was a GDI for a long time before I became Greek. I was proud to be a GDI, but I was only a GDI because I had not yet found the sisterhood that was for me.

On my campus , and NAUADPi can correct me, it is not a negative connotation. Many people here at NAU are GDI's and they are proud to say that they are..........

God Damn Independents


*my campus is not that big and so Greek life is not that big either.

[nauadpi]

Originally posted by mommag2
I was a GDI for a long time before I became Greek. I was proud to be a GDI, but I was only a GDI because I had not yet found the sisterhood that was for me.

On my campus , and NAUADPi can correct me, it is not a negative connotation. Many people here at NAU are GDI's and they are proud to say that they are..........

God Damn Independents


*my campus is not that big and so Greek life is not that big either.

Actually the big thing I found is that when people refer to someone on this campus as a GDI it is not in a nice way... Usuually if they are just not greek, I found more they are refered to as just Indpendent. I still find that GDI is used to talk about people who are anti-greek.