[15464] in APO-L
Re: Grad Brothers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deborah Cherry)
Mon Nov 11 16:23:33 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 16:17:14 -0500
Reply-To: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
From: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Added.YmVZgy_00UdbR9LU4V@andrew.cmu.edu>
Excerpts from internet.aphio: 10-Nov-96 Grad Brothers Richard E.
Vehlow@RPI.ED (1349)
> We are a fraternity of COLLEGE students
Rev is correct, that college students would be a more appropriate term
than undergraduate. Even though grad students are allowed to be brothers
at many campuses, people often (erroneously) use the term undergraduate
to differentiate between actives and alumnae. The official documents do
not do this, they refer to the official classes of membership. The term
"undergraduate" is only used 3 times, 2 under specific membership types
(Advisory and Honorary), where it states that those types of memberships
may not be conferred on undergraduates, and 1 under Life membership,
where the fee is lower for "undergraduate active members" and recent
alums. Getting individuals to change how they refer to things is
unfortunately beyond the control of legislation, but other methods of
increasing awareness
Excerpts from internet.aphio: 10-Nov-96 Grad Brothers Richard E.
Vehlow@RPI.ED (1349)
> Unless there is a specific school policy against grad students in
> student activities,I think that grad students may be as active as
> undergrads if they elect to be so, and I am considering writing
> legislation in 2 years to protect that right.
What you are looking to do is change the current policy then, not
clarify an existing policy. From the current National Bylaws: "Active
membership shall carry all rights and responsibilities in the chapter,
except that the individual chapters may determine the degree of
participation of members in graduate school. "
Yours in LFS,
Debbie Cherry
Alumni, Kappa Chapter, Carnegie Mellon University
Section 62 Staff
dc30@andrew.cmu.edu
