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09-21-2011, 11:42 AM
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The men have never changed their terminology and are still using rush and pledge. The women hear it and realize it's far less lame than the PC ridiculousness we are supposed to use. The women use the old terminology despite all their "education."
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For the record, the NPHC fraternities also officially changed certain "pledge terminology" to match the NPHC ban on hazing and pledging.
Unofficially, NPHC sorority and fraternity chapters/members still use the terminology.
(I don't know whether you are only talking about NPC and NIC when you say sororities/fraternities and women/men.)
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09-21-2011, 12:34 PM
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This is actually Tri Delta. New Members are Pearls, Collegiates are Pines and Alumnae are Pansies. However, I have seen "Baby Delta" here and there and I cringe every time I see it.
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Ours are Pearl, Ruby, Crown...but apparently that's -newer - than I had first thought.
I wonder if yours are Pearls for the same reason ours are. 
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09-21-2011, 12:38 PM
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For the record, the NPHC fraternities also officially changed certain "pledge terminology" to match the NPHC ban on hazing and pledging.
Unofficially, NPHC sorority and fraternity chapters/members still use the terminology.
(I don't know whether you are only talking about NPC and NIC when you say sororities/fraternities and women/men.)
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Yeah, I meant the NIC boys.
There have always been NIC fraternities who called their pledges something else officially, but as for whether they did it in daily life - that's another story.
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09-21-2011, 12:45 PM
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Yeah, I meant the NIC boys.
There have always been NIC fraternities who called their pledges something else officially, but as for whether they did it in daily life - that's another story.
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Gotcha.
Do you know which NIC fraternities still officially use "pledge terms?"
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09-21-2011, 02:24 PM
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Gotcha.
Do you know which NIC fraternities still officially use "pledge terms?"
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It would probably be easier to list which don't. Delta Chi uses Associate Member officially, and I believe Lambda Chi Alpha does as well. I was also under the impression that Phi Delta Theta pledges were called Phikea, but that might just be the name for the pin. Of course all of the NPHC/NIC groups would also fall into this category.
Now I'm curious, I'll have to do a more comprehensive search when I have some more time.
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09-21-2011, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Gusteau
It would probably be easier to list which don't. Delta Chi uses Associate Member officially, and I believe Lambda Chi Alpha does as well. I was also under the impression that Phi Delta Theta pledges were called Phikea, but that might just be the name for the pin. Of course all of the NPHC/NIC groups would also fall into this category.
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There's a "What do you call your pledges/new members/whatever" thread somewhere..
I know that Sigma Nu uses "candidates."
ETA: This may be the thread I'm thinking of: What do you call your Pledges?
ETA again: No, I know there's a more recent one. Can't find it though.
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09-21-2011, 04:27 PM
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I wonder if yours are Pearls for the same reason ours are. |
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09-21-2011, 11:38 PM
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Do the groups that have 'pearls' then end up with 'baby pearls'?
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09-22-2011, 12:19 AM
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Do the groups that have 'pearls' then end up with 'baby pearls'?
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Wouldn't a baby pearl technically be a grain of sand?
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09-22-2011, 12:29 AM
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sand or grit... would they then be "baby grits"? "Sandy babies"?
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09-22-2011, 01:17 AM
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sand or grit... would they then be "baby grits"? "Sandy babies"?
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ichuckled.
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09-22-2011, 09:32 AM
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You silly geese. Pearls are pearls. Our chapters that use "baby" say "baby bugs" as in ladybugs.
I think that the rushees would be grains of sand. There are many of them on the beach, but only a lucky few get to become pearls. 
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09-22-2011, 10:06 AM
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We're just New Members, Collegians and Alumnae. I've seen some chapters use Pandas or occasionally Baby Pandas for new members. We have one chapter that calls themselves Angels, so I know they use Baby Angels. Back in the day, my Great to the 5th Grand Big Sis called all of her family members "Baby Pi". We called her Granny Pi. That's as far as Baby went, and it was a localized term of endearment.
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Sadly, and maybe it's just my area of the country, I see way too many "Baby Pandas" to count, let alone "Baby Whatevers" for the other chapters at a particular school. It drives me crazy, because college women are not babies in any way.
Personally, I'd rather be a Pledge than a Baby any day of the week.
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09-22-2011, 10:12 AM
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You silly geese. Pearls are pearls. Our chapters that use "baby" say "baby bugs" as in ladybugs.
I think that the rushees would be grains of sand. There are many of them on the beach, but only a lucky few get to become pearls. |
If the rushees are grains of sand, who/what is the oyster spit? Recruitment?
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09-22-2011, 10:16 AM
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If the rushees are grains of sand, who/what is the oyster spit? Recruitment?
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Phoenix degree. That's when they officially become Pearls. 
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