[15396] in APO-L
membership idea
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (benno@US1.IBM.COM)
Fri Nov 8 22:32:02 1996
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 22:19:58 -0500
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Recently there has been some discussion as to whether or not the fraternity
should have open membership. I would like to propose an idea that I've been
kind of kicking around in the back of my head that kind of relates to this. I
would like to propose that the national fraternity adopt some sort of a
regulation that chapters should not be allowed to pledge those students who are
on academic probation (terminal or not). I very strongly believe that the
purpose of a college education is not Alpha Phi Omega, and that we would be
doing a great disservice to the student, and to the nation to allow someone who
is on academic probation to pledge. In my opinion, if you are on academic
probation, you have no business pledging ANYTHING. This is just an opinion.
Something else that I'd like to see, although I freely admit it would be very
impractical to enforce is a minimum cumulative GPA in order to be an officer
(say, 2.0 for undergrads, and 3.0 for grads). These cumulative GPA figures
reflect that you are putting in a minimum amount of effort into your studies,
and that is to be encouraged. Oh well, it's just a thought. What do y'all
think? Personally, I'd like to see an increased emphasis on academics....
YiLFS,
Sidd
