[19303] in APO-L
Re: All Male
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU)
Wed Oct 7 11:51:29 1998
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:44:48 -0700
Reply-To: hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU
From: hawkeye@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
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> I can think of at least two places where if the now all-male
> chapters went co-ed it would not matter because the campus population in
> which they operate would laugh really hard and there attempts at going co-ed
> would fail. Our goal is service, to do the most service we can to make this
Maybe that's true now, but maybe in ten years that could change. Besides,
if even one female wanted to join but was refused because of her gender that
is enough reason to do it.
> planet that much better. Diversity is what makes us strong. That Freedom to
> adapt is what makes our chapters operate at M.I.T, and also half a planet
> away at the University of Mindanao, two schools that are very different. I
> think ideals are great things, there's also the reality of the situation
> too... National fiat does no one any good. Leave us the freedom to do the
> best we can in the situations we are in. Centralizing it all defeats the
> FIRST purpose of APO which is teaching leadership as centralization
> inherently means minimizing the number of people making decisions.
Now I'm confused. By allowing more people to join we are minimizing the
number of people making decisions and not increasing our diversity?
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