Where are YOUR letters?

We saw this post on the "SigEp-Talk" Yahoo group. The author, Morgan Ely, has graciously agreed to allow us to post it here.

Brothers-

Something happened recently that got me thinking, and I wanted to share it with y'all.

Recently, I sold my beat-up 1996 ford ranger, that had 137,000 miles on it and bought a new truck. There were no tears shed, it had had a good long life, I'd given it a hard life, and was happy that it didn't die on the way to the dealorship.

So, before I let them take it away, I took out a screwdriver, took off my 'HSU Reddie' license-plate cover, and let 'em haul it away. My faded "Sigma Phi Epsilon" bumper-sticker, was barely readable now, along with a couple of other bumper-stickers I had on there.

I still can't believe they gave me money for that tired ole thing!

Anyway, so I bought a new 2004 Ford Ranger with 18 miles on it back in 12/4/04 (of course, now it has 2000 miles on it, but I digress).

As I was cleaning up my apartment this weekend, I came across a newer looking SigEp sticker, and put it on my new truck this morning.

Here's where I'm going with this...

As we get older, and as we, as brothers change our garb from college-clothes to business-suits, from beat-up clunkers we drove in college to newer cars and trucks, and even buying homes (yikes!) where are your letters? How do you express to the world, and people you come across that you are a SigEp?

Obviously, if you're an initiated brother, and you took your Oath of Obligation seriously, then people area gonna be able to tell that there's something about you that makes you a cut above the rest of the people walking around with college-degrees, so how do you show your SigEp pride in your daily lives?

These are the same questions I've been asking myself lately. How do I let the world know that the process of going through the BMP, and the community of my brothers helped mold me into the man I am today. The answers are not as simple as putting a menial bumper-sricker on my truck and thinking, "that's enough". It'll take more than that. All I've come up with is that I lead my life in such a way as to honor the Ideals of SigEp, Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love

I'd love to hear some of your ideas on this. Perhaps this may lead to some great discussions. So please, let me hear your thoughts.

Brotherhood,

Morgan Ely
Ar Beta '99

Thanks, Brother Ely, for allowing us to put these thought-provoking words on our site. We'd love to see some comments on this one.