» GC Stats |
Members: 325,611
Threads: 115,518
Posts: 2,197,169
|
Welcome to our newest member, zlogantpz7495 |
|
|
|
10-11-2006, 06:27 PM
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BadSquirrelBeta
Did you have yours perm. set in the pendant? I HAD an open circle pendant (stolen) which I would like to get a replacement. The circle option is so nice...no pin holes in clothes and worrying about your badge falling off. We've been chatting a bit about this in the AGD forum.
|
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's permanently in there. I ordered the circle right after I becam an alum, and when I tried to set it myself, it wouldn't properly close and it was very crooked. I had to get the BurrPatt guys to do it for me in Chicago and re-attach my guard because the link broke off.
|
10-11-2006, 06:40 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 10,829
|
|
I have seen DPhiEs wear their badges as a necklace pendant, but without any sort of circle pendant device like OTW described. I didn't wear mine that way because it kept flipping over. I could never quite figure out how to do it properly.
I haven't seen anyone wear her badge attached to her boyfriend's in a long time.
|
10-11-2006, 07:04 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 946
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by OTW
Are there other organizations besides AGD that allow their alumnae to wear the Badge in ways other than the traditional way?
Mine is set in a circle pendant, and it includes my chapter guard and dangles as well. I also have a sister in my alum chapter that had her Badge set in a ring.
|
I know that Theta has an option to have the badge attach to the ring. However, it's still detachable. My best friend's mom has one of these and on my friend's wedding day, I watched her mom detach the badge and give it to Amanda to wear on the inside of her dress as her "something borrowed." It may have also been her "something old" since I think it was actually Amanda's grandmother's but I'm not sure.
|
10-11-2006, 07:11 PM
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: You're looking at Planet Earth
Posts: 6,541
|
|
AOII alumnae can wear the badge as a ring or circle pendant (choice of either solid disk or open circle).
__________________
"If you want to criticize my methods, fine. But you can keep your snide remarks to yourself. And while you're at it, don't criticize my methods." Rupert Giles, BtVS
|
10-11-2006, 09:07 PM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 30,597
|
|
Our pendant isn't round, it's a larger diamond onto which the pin can be placed, permenantly or not. Our pins can be made into rings the same way.
For chapter guards, we have our chapter or our crest available, and just as of this summer, a stick somewhat like TriDelta's trident only with the chapter insignia on it.
I've seen guards and dangles go in and out of style, but when I was in school, it was considered rude not to get either. At the last Panhellenic Luncheon I went to, I saw an Alpha Phi who had her pin with a guard, and every dangle you can imagine on a separate link - you had to really look hard at it to see that it was a sorority pin. She said that she found that she got at least triple the wear out of it. I don't have a photo scanned, but it was something like this:
IVY <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> Guard
LEAF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (each | represents a dangle)
(hope that works!)
Anyhow, it was truly amazing. The only question I had was that she wore it once (I've since this twice) on the lapel of her blazer - something we were never permitted to do. Is that okay in APhi? Or did she, as someone in our EO said once, use "alumna priviledge"?
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
♥Proud to be a Macon Magnolia ♥
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
|
10-11-2006, 10:11 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 15,409
|
|
My chapter guard has been replaced by my Arc of Epsilon Pi with diamonds. We have honors for alumnae who have given consecutive years of outstanding service and they attach to the badge in place of the chapter guard. They are progressive awards, so my first was the Arc of Epsilon Pi (5 years of service), then the Arc with diamonds (6 more years), then the Arc with diamonds (additional 6 years after that). I wear one dangle on my badge and that is called the Heart of Alpha Gamma Delta, which chapters (alumnae or collegiate) can give to alumnae who have done something special for the group. I did have officer dangles when I was a collegiate, but don't wear those now. My honors are more meaningful to me now.
|
10-11-2006, 10:33 PM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 119
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BadSquirrelBeta
Is it still accepted for a member who is pinned to wear her SO's badge as a guard? Some people did that when I was an undergrad.
|
All of the NPC organizations have rules stipulating that only initiated members may wear the badge. Is this rule not common with IFC organizations? Or is an exception made for significant others?
|
10-12-2006, 02:53 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Where old Sorority Girls go, pearls still included!!
Posts: 616
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by GDIfly
All of the NPC organizations have rules stipulating that only initiated members may wear the badge. Is this rule not common with IFC organizations? Or is an exception made for significant others?
|
Many men will give their SOs their fraternity pins, hence "pinning" or "being pinned". Pinnings are usually a pretty big deal--we announced them with a fireside. Greek culture at the time when I was in school was the boyfriend would give his badge or give the girlfriend a "sweetheart's" version of the badge for her to wear.
I know that the significance of this is also similar when men will give women their letters on a pendant...again it boils down to campus Greek culture.
__________________
Alpha Gamma Delta 25 Year Member
Attire: Afternoon dress and heels. No hat.
|
10-12-2006, 02:55 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Where old Sorority Girls go, pearls still included!!
Posts: 616
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by AGDee
My chapter guard has been replaced by my Arc of Epsilon Pi with diamonds. We have honors for alumnae who have given consecutive years of outstanding service and they attach to the badge in place of the chapter guard. They are progressive awards, so my first was the Arc of Epsilon Pi (5 years of service), then the Arc with diamonds (6 more years), then the Arc with diamonds (additional 6 years after that). I wear one dangle on my badge and that is called the Heart of Alpha Gamma Delta, which chapters (alumnae or collegiate) can give to alumnae who have done something special for the group. I did have officer dangles when I was a collegiate, but don't wear those now. My honors are more meaningful to me now.
|
That's because you are such a star!! For our non Alpha Gam friends here, these honors are a really big deal and I really respect AGDee and all those that earn these!
__________________
Alpha Gamma Delta 25 Year Member
Attire: Afternoon dress and heels. No hat.
|
10-12-2006, 02:57 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Where old Sorority Girls go, pearls still included!!
Posts: 616
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by honeychile
Anyhow, it was truly amazing. The only question I had was that she wore it once (I've since this twice) on the lapel of her blazer - something we were never permitted to do. Is that okay in APhi? Or did she, as someone in our EO said once, use "alumna priviledge"?
|
Not talking to your group's policy, obviously , we are allowed to wear our badge on our lapel (and as a necklace or ring) once we are granted Alum. status...and let me tell you, it was WIERD the first time I did it.
I am still debating if I would like to get that ring holder for my badge to wear once and a while...
__________________
Alpha Gamma Delta 25 Year Member
Attire: Afternoon dress and heels. No hat.
Last edited by BadSquirrelBeta; 10-12-2006 at 02:59 AM.
Reason: Clarity
|
10-12-2006, 09:53 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Counting my blessings!
Posts: 30,597
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by BadSquirrelBeta
Not talking to your group's policy, obviously , we are allowed to wear our badge on our lapel (and as a necklace or ring) once we are granted Alum. status...and let me tell you, it was WIERD the first time I did it.
I am still debating if I would like to get that ring holder for my badge to wear once and a while...
|
Wow - I wish we could do that! If we could, I'd get a lot more wear out of my pin! I would so rather see a pin on a lapel than in a drawer.
I have a few pins I've rescued from ebay, and I have one on a pendant - there are always lots of comments when I wear it. Another pin, I plan to have made into a ring. It's one of the plainest version of our diamond; the ones with a lot of pearls or other stones would destroy any hose or other similar fabric.
__________________
~ *~"ADPi"~*~
♥Proud to be a Macon Magnolia ♥
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan
|
10-12-2006, 09:57 AM
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hotel Oceanview
Posts: 34,495
|
|
ASA alums can wear the badge as a ring or pendant - I don't think we have the circle thingy for the pendant though.
OMG the lapel debate again!! Our chapter was always told to never ever ever wear the badge on a lapel, then I go to convention and see our national ritual chair with her pin on her lapel. I never thought of it being a collegian/alum thing - I thought it was that if you are going to keep the jacket on, you can wear it on your lapel. I still don't think I ever could though, too many years of "THOU SHALT NOT" behind me.
__________________
It is all 33girl's fault. ~DrPhil
|
10-12-2006, 10:39 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The Ozdust Ballroom
Posts: 14,799
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 33girl
ASA alums can wear the badge as a ring or pendant - I don't think we have the circle thingy for the pendant though.
|
I saw it awhile ago on BurrPatt's website, but it's since disappeared. It might have been something that they took upon themselves to do, and then National saw it and said nuh-uh.
__________________
Facile remedium est ubertati; sterilia nullo labore vincuntur.
I think pearls are lovely, especially when you need something to clutch. ~ AzTheta
The Real World Can't Hear You ~ GC Troll
|
10-12-2006, 10:43 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: partying like it's 1999
Posts: 5,192
|
|
From the HJGreek website for ASA:
Not a badge, but it's so gorgeous that it deserves to get posted:
|
10-12-2006, 10:46 AM
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The Ozdust Ballroom
Posts: 14,799
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by KLPDaisy
Not a badge, but it's so gorgeous that it deserves to get posted:
|
I think that thing is a few thousand $$ when made in genuine diamonds, right?? I know I remember looking and it and drooling.
__________________
Facile remedium est ubertati; sterilia nullo labore vincuntur.
I think pearls are lovely, especially when you need something to clutch. ~ AzTheta
The Real World Can't Hear You ~ GC Troll
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
Thread |
Thread Starter |
Forum |
Replies |
Last Post |
Badge Question
|
DZHBrown |
Delta Tau Delta |
15 |
12-20-2010 09:59 PM |
Badge question
|
gphib_95 |
Alpha Tau Omega |
1 |
10-09-2004 07:20 PM |
Badge Question
|
Taualumna |
Alpha Gamma Delta |
4 |
03-03-2004 11:21 PM |
Badge Question
|
LeslieAGD |
Chapter Operations |
45 |
12-08-2003 04:02 PM |
badge question
|
OUlioness01 |
Phi Mu |
4 |
09-12-2003 02:15 PM |
|