After rush ribbons? NM Identification

[JenMarie]

Originally posted by blueangel
I've never heard of Fray Check. What is it and where do you buy it?

Most craft stores have it. Joanns especially. It's about $3 or so for a small bottle.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally posted by lilsunshine214
Is it considered hazing to GIVE ribbons, but not make it mandatory to wear it? What if the ribbons were given and the new member class decided to wear them all the time?

No, it's not hazing to give them. It becomes hazing when chapters start giving penalties or punishment for NOT wearing them (i.e. "Wear your ribbons 24/7 or you'll have to do 50 push ups"). I'm sure if they (the class) just decide on their own to wear them all the time that it should be no trouble, as long as it's made clear in the beginning that they're totally optional. I hope this clears things up for you.

[blueangel]

Originally posted by JenMarie
Most craft stores have it. Joanns especially. It's about $3 or so for a small bottle.

Thanks! We have a Joann's near me. I'll check it out!

[carnation]

Originally posted by blueangel
We received our 14k gold lavaliers when we received our pledge ribbons. Does anybody else give those anymore? (This was over 20 years ago!)

We received gorgeous arrow lavalieres when we pledged. I wonder if they're still given? They're really expensive now.

[TxGirl]

Most lavaliers are now the letters - they make them where they go straight down or at a diaganal. You can even get them with pearls in them. Most NM classes (at least in Texas!) get their "drop" sometime their new semester - depending on the chapters tradition. Some give it on bid day as their first "letters", some at pledge pinning, some at big/lil revealing and some at initiation.

So, the lavalier tradition is still alive and well - at least in Texas!

Another big thing now it so have dangles on your pin for offices you have held. I have a dangle for having attended national convention and for being a chapter advisor.

If you go to the Masters of Design site - you can see all this stuff and it's variations.

[roqueemae]

Originally posted by Deltazeta4ever
We wore our Rose and Green ribbons with pride! And here's a tip for you all... in order to prevent the ends of the ribbons from fraying, put a little clear nail polish on them. It's worked for decades of Delta Zetas! In fact, my ribbons are 18 years old and they look brand new!

This might be dangerous but if you hold a lighter/flame just at the end of ribbons, it melts it and seals it so it does not fray. Then you don't have to buy anything.

[sageofages]

Originally posted by blueangel
I've never heard of Fray Check. What is it and where do you buy it?

My ribbons aren't frayed.. but the rust from the safety pin has leeched in to the ribbons, so they have some brown spots on them.

I like to think they have character!

I took out my old lavalier from it's box (it was in a clear box with a blue sponge-like bottom) and the spongy-stuff melted in to the chain. It was a mess! I brought it in to a jeweler, and they were able to clean it up nicely.

We received our 14k gold lavaliers when we received our pledge ribbons. Does anybody else give those anymore? (This was over 20 years ago!)

Fraycheck is found in most sewing and crafts stores or in the sewing/crafts section of moost department stores. Costs around $1.75 for a 1.5 ounce bottle....you only need the tiniest amount.

I have a 14kt gold lavalier that I was given by my big sister when I initiated I still wear it (almost 25 years now

[DeltaEtaKP]

We don't gt lavalieres when we are initiated, instead we get a neclace with the crest on it. 3/4 of the sororities on my campus do this.

[sageofages]

Mine was a lavaliere with a crest on it.

It was engraved on the back with my initiation date as well.

I treasure it

[adpiucf]

Originally posted by JocelynC
No, it's not hazing to give them. It becomes hazing when chapters start giving penalties or punishment for NOT wearing them (i.e. "Wear your ribbons 24/7 or you'll have to do 50 push ups"). I'm sure if they (the class) just decide on their own to wear them all the time that it should be no trouble, as long as it's made clear in the beginning that they're totally optional. I hope this clears things up for you.

But for us, if we're going to give out ribbons and tell members to wear them, it must be all of the members or none at all-- even if it's optional, it would still be considered hazing-- we can't segment out a section of our chapter for any activity (outside of what our international directors would deem a higher educational purpose -- and they must approve everything before it is put into action). So I think this is a policy for some sororities, but for others it would seen as hazing per international bylaws.

I do want to communicate that no direspect is intended, JocelynC-- I just want to clear up that any ADPi's reading this don't take this idea back to their chapters. It doesn't work for us.