[17642] in APO-L
Re: All-male chapters / APO discrimination
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bret Webster)
Wed Nov 19 14:12:50 1997
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 19:10:40 GMT
Reply-To: Bret Webster <webster@BOISDARC.TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU>
From: Bret Webster <webster@BOISDARC.TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Can someone tell me how the all male chapters get around the Title 9
provisions for preventing discrimination *as its called* ???
In LFS
Bret Webster
Beta Delta
At 12:53 PM 11/19/97 -0500, Riz Shavelle wrote:
>I find people's idea that there can be only one or two service
>organizations on any given campus quite humorous. At University of
>Pennsylvania, there are over 25 UNDERGRADUATE service organizations.
>The fact that APO is co-ed there has little or no bearing, in my opinion,
>on the number of members that the other service organizations have.
>
>To a certain extent, I also think people underestimate Gamma Sigma Sigma.
>(there is also Omega Phi Alpha). If an APO chapter on a campus goes co-ed
>and the GSS chapter folds as a result. I would have to say that it would
>be GSS's fault, not APOs. If an organization can not adjust to the current
>campus climate and attract new members because of their purpose and
>structure then the nature result is for them to fold. It is not, IMHO, up
>to APO to support organizations that can't support themselves.
>
>FYI, I am doing a second degree at a university where the APO chapter is
>all-male. As a result, I was forced, if I wanted to do service, to pledge
>and join Gamma Sigma Sigma. The chapter is struggling at this point with
>5 actives and 3 pledges. Obviously, the size prevents us from doing many
>service projects and having a big impact on our community.
>
>While I don't neccesarily advocate forcing all-male chapters to go co-ed,
>I would like to see the ability of all-female secondary chapters of APO to
>be formed at schools where there are all-male chapters. This would allow
>interested females to experience APO without having to "settle" for some
>other organization.
> in LFS,
> Riz
>
>
