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Re: BANNED!!!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William B. Rugh)
Mon Apr 28 01:09:24 1997
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 01:02:18 -0400
Reply-To: "William B. Rugh" <wbrugh@MAIL.BRIGHT.NET>
From: "William B. Rugh" <wbrugh@MAIL.BRIGHT.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Edward Vehlow [SMTP:vehlor@RPI.EDU]
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 1997 9:34 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L
Subject: APO: BANNED!!!!!
OK, I'd like to know which schools out there have a specific prohibition
against fraternities, and whether or not it includes APO, or if there is =
a
specific ban on APO at those schools. I'd also like to know if there =
were
any steps taken to talk to the school administrators at these schools =
and
what became of them.
For example:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY: has no fraternities, and as the section 94 chair
explained to me last summer, it's because there is a prohibition on
"exclusionary activities". (Does that mean that a nonskater can play on
their hockey team and a kazoo player can join orchestra?) Is this =
correct?
Thank you.
-Rich 'REV" Vehlow
Epsilon Zeta chapter
Rensselaer POlytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
vehlor@rpi.edu
There are probably many schools out there with bans, and until we =
contact each of the 1000+ schools without chapters, we won't know them =
all. One example: Bluffton University in Section 56. This is a =
Mennonite supported school (there are tow others nationally). As we =
found out when we had a student interested in APO, the Mennonites don't =
even support BSA nor do they fly the national flag. Accordingly, it is =
nearly impossible to get a PG going. The Presidetn allowed that if we =
had 25 (out of 647 students) who were interested he would allow us to =
hold an information meeting. Of course, it is rather hard to get 25 =
people to sign up before they know anthing! There are many small =
schools with bans on national organizations, and yes, they can have the =
minds changed, but only AFTER some undergraduates on their campus take =
the initiative.
Bill Rugh
