It is really interested to hear what happens on other campuses.
What amazes me the most at some schools is the number of females wearing fraternity letters. Where I went to school, being "lettered" was the first step. This was ususally done at some public function and the guy would present his girlfriend with a fraternity shirt. Only lettered women were allowed to wear the fraternity's letters (expect for shirts from combined functions, like KD/PiKapp crush party). For this show of effection, the guy would be dumped into the Fountain by his brothers.
Next came lavellering, pinning, and then engagement. Pinning was very rare and it was assumed that it was only a matter of time (and $$$) before the engagement happened.
For each of these events, the sister would get a candlelighting ceremony. Only the chapter president and her big sis or little sis knew (big/little was responsible for making the candle to be passed).
The "punishment" for the brother got progressively worse with each stage, and he usually ended up tied to the lamp post, pelted with food, and then thrown in the fountain (Sometimes along with his girlfriend if she wasn't quick enough
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