Let me start off saying, I LOVE ZETAS WITH MY WHOLE HEART !!!!!
Well, if the auxilary is ran the right way it is cool, but usually, the brother or sister of the greek has a problem with them no matter what. For example, my school had Doves at one time. We invited the Zetas to come and be a part and to teach them somethings and to talk with them so that the wouldn't be disrespected. Did that help? No! Some of them still treated them shady. The Doves didn't step. They had a hand sign, completely different from the Zetas. They knew they weren't greek and they respected all greeks on the campus. Lining wasn't a problem because they didn't do it and if they did they got in trouble. The only time they were permitted to step was with a Sigma and that was if we weren't stepping with a Zeta. We had some tight Doves. They had good grades and they were decent looking, but since the Zetas had problems with them, they didn't make the transition from Dove to Zeta, they chose another organization. Now I'm sure things were said on both sides, but oh well. We had Doves at a time when we needed help and couldn't get that help from our constituitionally bound sisters.
Zeta Knights: I have no opinion one way or the other, just please do not use my hand sign. You are not Sigmas. If you want to use that sign, join the frat either through grad or undergrad. I have nothing against what they do for, with, or to Zetas. I think it is disrespectful for them to assimilate any type of representation of Sigmas. I pledged Sigma to have the right to say GOMAB, BLUE-PHI---U KNOW, throw of the sign and etc., but more importantly, I did it so that I could join the wondrous band of great men to speed our cause of Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service on it's way!!! In a nutshell, everything that is relative to Sigmas should only be done by Sigmas and the same is true for Zetas, therefore if you take lil sister/brother groups, make sure that you are not infringing on a right that should belong exclusively to the fraternity or sorority.
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