[15413] in APO-L
Re: All male, something new
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aasha Blakely)
Sat Nov 9 23:56:56 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 10:07:21 -0500
Reply-To: Aasha Blakely <blakelya@VT.EDU>
From: Aasha Blakely <blakelya@VT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199611090506.AAA02375@sable.cc.vt.edu>
I think everyone has missed something in all the arguments about the
proposed legislation. If I'm reading all of them right, one of them say
something to the effect of "ok, if we want the all-male chapters to stay
all male, that's fine. Let's formally write it in our by-laws that we want
that to happen." Then we can let the all-male/co-ed discussion rest
forever. It's not longer some hazy, agreement made twenty years ago but a
formal reaffirmation of the strong heritage that our all-male chapters
bring to us as a National Fraternity.
I hung out with an all-male chapter for two years and had a great time. (Hi
Tau Lambda!) They and their school school have since gone co-ed, rather
successfully, I think but they were a great chapter before going co-ed and
from what I've seen, they are a great chapter after going co-ed.
So let's formally affirm the all-male chapter's right to exist by writing
it down in our by-laws.
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Aasha Blakely
Instructor, Department of Communication Studies
Virginia Tech
<blakelya@vt.edu>
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain
what he cannot lose."
--Jim Elliot
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