Wearing letters

[Drolefille]

Some NPCs only pay dues if they're part of an alum chapter. This depends on location and availability as well. Even in cities where there are many alums, there isn't always a chapter due to the issues involved in starting one and scheduling conflicts.

[AlphaFrog]

It's cold today, so I'm wearing an ASA sweatshirt (grey with purple letters).

[BaylorBean]

I so wanted to wear mine, but no sweatshirts at work.

In Sigma Kappa you only pay dues if you belong to an alumnae chapter. I'm hoping we take a cue from the other sororities that are now doing life membership and start a program like that. I think it would be great. I'm a member of a fairly large alumnae group (80 members) and our dues are only $30 a year plus any donations we would like to make to various areas.

[Drolefille]

Ours are like $40 a year and the first year as an alum is free for all Sigma Kappas.

A lifetime membership would be nice on one hand, but on the other, alum chapters need the operating funds as well, and 40 dollars a year isn't exactly going to kill me. (Not that I have ANY money now, but you know, in general)

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

You suffer from the same condition that Tom Earp does. No one said these people can't do anything or that we would ostracize these people. We are saying that old and young members need to contribute to the organization before they run around thinking that putting on letters means they are "representing" something.

I have found that people typically can afford whatever they want to afford. I rubbed pennies together to pay dues as an undergrad and rubbed pennies together to pay dues for the 7 years after undergrad. I will continue to rub pennies together to pay dues as long as I manage to find pennies to spend on clothes and other things that I probably don't NEED.

Broke is relative and a state of mind. For instance, being a broke grad student is NO JOKE but most of us still manage to do STUFF. Whether that's going out on the weekends, buying some gooblygob to wear, or eating out. Contributing your time is a wonderful thing and sisterhood is about more than dues. But many organizations are non-profit businesses that could use our dues for some important things both administrative and philanthropy-wise.

Q-? and just what is the condition that you are refering to?

I agree with everything else you posted.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Q-? and just what is the condition that you are refering to?

Being slow and jumping the gun because of it.

[KDMafia]

I constantly wear my lavalier around my neck with my cross. I also have a KD dagger ring that I have not taken off since I got it as a sophmore in college. so it's been about four years.

I kept some of the t-shirts from my senior year that I loved and wear them on occasion. I also have one or two lettered s hirts as well as my fiance's letters. I wear them a lot to class because they're so comfy. I also carry my books in a black tote bag with my letters stitched on them.

[The_Grip]

I never wore them when I was in school and don't now. At my university, only the 'third world' houses wore letters. It drove the folks from National nuts that we wouldn't wear them--they seemed to think they were running a franchise and every chapter had to be the same everywhere.

Several years ago, a fraternity brother happened to be a professor at a school in the town in which I was living and he asked me to be an alumnus advisor to the chapter, which was relatively new. During that period I wore the letters at events and meetings or a lapel pin, but it never felt comfortable.

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by The_Grip

I never wore them when I was in school and don't now. At my university, only the 'third world' houses wore letters. It drove the folks from National nuts that we wouldn't wear them--they seemed to think they were running a franchise and every chapter had to be the same everywhere.

Is anyone else as lost as I am? I can't begin to understand not wearing letters at any point, especially as a neophyte.

[The_Grip]

Originally Posted by jojapeach

Is anyone else as lost as I am? I can't begin to understand not wearing letters at any point, especially as a neophyte.

Different traditions at different schools, I guess. We wore pledge pins, but only at the house for cleanup, etc. (never at parties). We wore pins when folks from National came by, but that was it.

Like I said, it was not common at my school.

[blkwebman1919]

Originally Posted by The_Grip

At my university, only the 'third world' houses wore letters.

"Third World"?

Sounds a bit elitist to me...

[PrettyBoy]

I have a hat I wear occasionally. My ring is the main thing I wear though.

[kjalvey]

I still wear my letters anywhere and everywhere. It's my right to wear them and I am proud of them and what they stand for. I do have a few t-shirts that I think I am going to have to retire soon as my 4 year old son is starting to read! HAHA

KIM :-)

[The_Grip]

Originally Posted by blkwebman1919

"Third World"?

Sounds a bit elitist to me...

Uh, most fraternities are by nature elitist. There are some schools that force them to accept everyone and some houses that are forced to do the same because of lack of rushees. That is the exception, not the rule (just look at the threads about rush, especially the sorority ones). Not all houses have a one ball system (mine does) but very few hold a cattle call during rush.

[LPIDelta]

The Grip--what you are descibing is selective. Elitist is something else--whereby you think you are better than others.