[12997] in APO-L
Greek Councils
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Jones)
Tue Oct 17 12:55:57 1995
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 12:46:49 -0400
Reply-To: Jason Jones <jjones@CAPITAL.EDU>
From: Jason Jones <jjones@CAPITAL.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
To: multiple recipients of APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Hey, Brothers, one and all:
Since Randy Finder mentioned Capital University's Greek Council and I am an APO
brother at Capital, and Upsilon Rho chapter is interested in knowing what it is
like to be a FORMER member of Greek Council, I have to take the bait.
First, I like to say that Randy mentioned the bylaws prohibiting APO's
membership in Greek Council, but what he did not know (through no fault of his
own) was that the bylaws prohibit membership in Greek councils that are SOLELY
SOCIAL fraternities (and sororities). CU's Greek Council includes Phi Beta
(a professional fine arts fraternity), Omega Phi Alpha, a service sorority;
Phi Mu Alpha, a professional music fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma
Theta, two black service sororities. These organizations' memberships
automatically nullifies any assumptions about APO's membership into an all
all-social Greek Council.
He was right about being APO being forced to join Greek Council--until
recently. After a long battle of attempting to disengage from Greek Council,
a couple of weeks ago, we finally succeeded by submitting a letter to the Greek
coordinator stating such action, with reasons including the rather high member-
ship dues to belong to the Council, the inability to attend council meetings
due to the large volume of service projects we are executing this (and next)
semester--and training pledges, and most importantly, the credence the social
Greeks has been receiving, whereas the professional and service Greeks has been
getting "kicked to the curb". The coordinator was royally pissed with our
walkout, however we told him that if the situation changed, i.e. we was made to
feel more welcome in action(s) than in name only, we would consider returning.
Until then, sayonara.
As "punishment" the coordinator said we would not be notified or invited
to any Greek events, but as you can see, our hearts are bleeding over that one
(smile). Nevertheless, our letters are still on Schaaf Hall (a dorm with the
best campus view), and we are still recognized by the university (reluctantly).
So, to conclude, what the university and the social Greeks fail to
realize is that for the most part, APO is THE model fraternity on the Capital
University campus, and if APO gets thrown off campus, most likely the other
organizations will fall like dominoes. We're THAT good.
Peace.
Jason M. Jones
via Rho Theta chapter
Brothers of the Rising Sun!!
