r/betathetapi • u/jkopl • Aug 12 '15

Rush T-Shirt Ideas

Do you guys have any ideas for good rush shirts for fall 2015?

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u/OrangeIsARat Aug 13 '15

I personally opt for shirts that people will want to wear after Rush is over. I've seen some really busy designs with "hilarious" catch phrases and cluttered logos etc. that are a little obnoxious and once Rush is over, people don't want them anymore.

A few years ago our chapter did really simply navy pocket tees that had out letters on the pocket in the traditional beta pink, and it's a shirt I still wear all the time. Last year we did a customized version of the Patagonia logo with the silhouette of our campus' two most famous buildings instead of the mountain, and that also looks really cool brothers wear them all the time because they're awesome, which is more effective than a rush shirt that looks stupid because we continue to wear last years shirt year round instead of breaking them out just for the week or two of recruitment.

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u/Kadmos Aug 15 '15

As an alum, I'd second this thought.

I probably have 15-20 beta t-shirts from various events from my undergrad years... and all but three of them have some kind of slogan/phrase that I barely remember the significance of, and so I don't wear them.

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u/Robg1839 Aug 17 '15

Just found this sub. kai

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u/dv5230us Aug 13 '15

We aren't condoning copyright infringement, but those ideas tend to be the best and most memorable rush shirts that "people will want to wear after Rush is over" as so aptly stated by u/OrangeIsARat.

Here is an album of some of our concept ideas that we've come up with in the past.

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u/Kadmos Aug 15 '15

Most of those are sweet, but the Iwo Jima one is pretty disrespectful toward WWII veterans, no?

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u/dv5230us Aug 15 '15

We had a similar comment in our chapter and decided it wasn't the best idea to use. So we never followed through (I'm not 100% sure we created it, or any of these, either). Just included it in case it sparks a better idea of something else.

Edit: I am of Asian descent, although not Japanese; another concern we recognized was that it might also offend Japanese PNMs and Japanese people in general.

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u/OrangeIsARat Aug 13 '15

Dude some of those are awesome, that Ray Ban one is especially cool.

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u/dv5230us Aug 13 '15

Thanks man! We're actually following through with that one for our shirts this semester.

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u/tjpwns Aug 25 '15

We have a fb group with betas from all the country. If you wanna be added pm me

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u/tjpwns Aug 25 '15

I just need the email you use for fb. I'll also post some of our designs when I get off work. We usually go for something original that can be worn outside of rush week as well.