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08-22-2012, 02:54 PM
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I'm going to take it a step further. When I was an chapter advisor, I was informed under no uncertain terms that I was dealing with women, not girls. I explained that, when they behaved like women, I would use that term. If they acted like ladies, I would call them ladies.
At the first meeting I attended, members who had done their dishes got a lion to color, ones who had hung up their coats that week got a violet to color, etc. That's when I had to use every bit of tact I had to explain that "women" don't color "awards" that are for something they should know to do anyhow!
Calling new members "babies" encourages baby-like behavior; there are a lot of other names which encourage responsible, sorority women behavior.
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08-22-2012, 02:55 PM
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Junior League new members are called "provisional members" or "provisionals" for the first year, when they go on to "active" membership. I think sororities could use that term, as the new members of a sorority have provisional membership until initiation.
I think all these cutesy names for new members are dumb.
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08-22-2012, 02:57 PM
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I have heard/seen that; I didn't know if it was official. Basically, like half the NPC groups have the pearl as a jewel, and so most of them can use that, if they don't mind inter-group confusion.
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Total lane swerve, but I think that in Tri Delta, the pearl specifically symbolizes the new member, while the pine tree symbolizes the collegiate member and the pansy the alumna member. More here.
/lane swerve
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08-22-2012, 03:03 PM
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I completely agree with all of this. The switch in terminology happened when I was in college too and it was immediately a switch to "babies". It was so confusing to us at the time, because we had been pledges and didn't think it was offensive at all! I think "pledge" is such a convenient word, you can pledge something, be a pledge or join a pledge class.
Where do I sign the petition to bring back the word "pledge"?
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I think I recall that Phi Mu was the first to drop the word "pledge", and I think the reasoning was that it was heavily associated with hazing. I have heard Phi Mu officers use a soundbite to the effect of "pledge is a verb, not a noun".
Obviously changing the word does not change a hazing culture, but I'm okay with using "phi" instead.
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08-22-2012, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by adpiucf
Junior League new members are called "provisional members" or "provisionals" for the first year, when they go on to "active" membership. I think sororities could use that term, as the new members of a sorority have provisional membership until initiation.
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Actually, I believe that AJLI has gone to "New Members" as well. That's what my city was told to do. I believe it's for some of the same reasoning of pledges. We were told not to call them Provisionals any longer.
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08-22-2012, 03:50 PM
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AGD IHQ also addressed this via social media. We are encouraged to call them New Members, not Baby anything.
Baby Squirrels just creep me out.
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08-22-2012, 03:57 PM
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Yes, Tri Delta pledges have always been called Pearls. It is part of our ritual and symbolism.
I agree the baby stuff has to go. And I sincerely hope Theta also gets on top of the finger on the mouth thing because it is just gross looking.
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08-22-2012, 06:27 PM
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And I sincerely hope Theta also gets on top of the finger on the mouth thing because it is just gross looking.
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I agree completely with you. I was just appalled the first time I saw my sister (bio) doing it. Not ladylike at all. Just do the kite symbol, girls!
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08-22-2012, 06:39 PM
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I agree completely with you. I was just appalled the first time I saw my sister (bio) doing it. Not ladylike at all. Just do the kite symbol, girls!
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But isn't there an issue with the kite handsign and its sign language meaning?
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08-22-2012, 07:10 PM
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I don't like the term recruitment
I don't like the term new member
I don't like hand signs
I don't like the baby trend
I still call my friends "girls" and I graduated from college a long time ago. The term "woman/women" isn't my style - it's uptight and old-fashioned and reminds me of large clothing.
I loved being a pledge.
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08-22-2012, 07:15 PM
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But isn't there an issue with the kite handsign and its sign language meaning?
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No big deal to me.... I know that it is also the ASL sign for vagina. Doesn't bother me.
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08-22-2012, 08:48 PM
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IMO, Pledges is far less derogatory than Babies.
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Pledge is what she does. I want her to remember she took a pledge to our organization, and that the pledge means something. In my mind, a member has been initiated, so "new member" doesn't convey the precise meaning.
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08-22-2012, 09:05 PM
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Only out of curiosity, why did the NPC change the terms? (Rush to recruitment, Rushee to PNM, etc)?
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08-22-2012, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by irishpipes
I don't like the term recruitment
I don't like the term new member
I don't like hand signs
I don't like the baby trend
I still call my friends "girls" and I graduated from college a long time ago. The term "woman/women" isn't my style - it's uptight and old-fashioned and reminds me of large clothing.
I loved being a pledge.
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YES to all of the above.
I don't know the process of picking new terms when deciding to replace the existing ones, but much more thought needs to go into how "catchy" they are, for lack of a better word. It really doesn't matter what the official term is, if these groups want everyone to actually adopt the terms, they need to be "catchy".
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08-22-2012, 09:35 PM
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Only out of curiosity, why did the NPC change the terms? (Rush to recruitment, Rushee to PNM, etc)?
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They felt like rush and pledge had negative connotations.
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