Thread: Badge Trends?
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Old 10-30-2009, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by thetygerlily View Post
I know some don't have as many options, but several orgs have what seems like a zillion different options, from plain to jeweled to enameled to white gold. And pictures please!
We have only one option: crown set pearls (12) and garnets (6):



The placement of the jewels is part of the official design. There was a time when we had an option of non-jeweled badges, but I'm glad that we discontinued that, and I like that we don't have any choice regarding the badge itself -- that all badges are the same. I like that the meaning stays consistent with what those who designed it intended.

The only choice would be whether to use a guard or not.

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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito View Post
We actually get ours as part of the standard initiation fee.
Us too. Guards are extra, but in my experience, most brothers get them.

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 View Post
The chapter of Delta Chi at my school had the tradition of having the big brother pass down their badge to their little, and then they would buy a new one for themself later. Definitely a different way of doing things.
Because badges for the initiates were almost never received in time for initiation, the practice in my chapter was that big brothers placed their own badges on their little brothers at initiation. The little brother would wear it until his own arrived.
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