[17738] in APO-L
Re: A-Phi-Q chapters- 2 questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donald \"Big Daddy\" Sparks)
Sun Nov 23 23:18:07 1997
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 23:13:47 -0400
Reply-To: dspa0239@ACC.FAU.EDU
From: "Donald \"Big Daddy\" Sparks" <dspa0239@ACC.FAU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01IQD31RJ5OI99NGOZ@ACC.FAU.EDU>
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Bret Webster wrote:
> Hello brothers,
> I just have a couple of questions for my own couriosity.
>
> 1. Is it not against our national by-laws to have rituals not prescribed by
> the national by-laws ????
bret why don't you be more productive and quit trying to attack your
fellow brothers, although the attempted set up showed inteligence it did
not show very much brotherhood.
The rituals performed by chapters can very to a great degree. Dress,
Location, Time and many other variables are left up to the chapter.
>
> 2. Why do Q chapters feel a necessity to differientiate themselves by
> calling it A-phi-Q ????
It's called pride...
For example, I am proud to be from a Co-ed chapter of a Co-ed Fraternity
that allows diversity to prosper.
I enjoy our differnces and love our similarities.
Thanks
Don "Big Daddy" Sparks
ADL Chapter
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight you can share.
>
> In LFS
> Bret Webster
> Beta Delta
>
> At-L
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1997, Jeremy Licata wrote:
> >>
> >> >Why do the A-Phi-Q chapters consider themselves a distinct part of the frat-
> >> >ernity?
> >>
> >> That's a VERY good question, Jeremy, and I have an answer. Because IMHO,
> it is because we have traditions, rituals, and events (and even service
> projects to some extent) unique to the mainstream of Alpha Phi Omega. We
> are proud of who we are, we just express ourselves a little differently than
> the norm. Yes, we do tend to hold the all-male tradition near and dear, but
> frankly, we like it that way. We hold the fact that we was founded by the
> Boy Scouts very sacred. We don't reveal all the details about our
> fraternity. We like to keep some stuff "secret". We do mention that we are
> co-ed, and we are not ashamed of that, but the chapters do not wish to
> become co-ed because Black campus culture dictates that fraternities are for
> men and sororities are for women, period, end of discussion. Only 2 A-Phi-Q
> chapters are co-ed (Alpha Epsilon--Louisiana State and Chi Upsilon--Dillard
> U., Dillard being co-ed by accident).
> >>
>
