[20347] in APO-L
Re: A Phi Q, separate organization?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Thomas)
Wed Mar 24 13:23:33 1999
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:22:32 -0500
Reply-To: James Thomas <dremwlkr@IX.NETCOM.COM>
From: James Thomas <dremwlkr@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Randy -
>On a different note. all-male chapters going co-ed. After the initial
>group of chapters went officially co-ed after the '76 convention there
>were still many chapters that remained all-male. Over the years a good
>number of them have decided on their own to go co-ed. NONE of these have
>been at Historically black campuses. I only know of two co-apters that
>have been at historically black insitutions. One is at Dillard where teh
>chapter went co-ed after a rechartering and the other is the chapter at
>Howard which somehow managed to recharter in 1986 all-male, but was forced
>to go co-ed later when the group had gone down to nothing and was being
>revitalized. (By the '76 agreement they should have been co-ed at
>rechartering)
>
My two cents cont:
1) Isn't the intent of the co-ed rule to allow women to join Alpha Phi Omega
and not
to enforce a quota rule?
2) Isn't enforcing a quota rule on a petitioning group the same as
discrimination?
3) If a group at a historically black institution petitions to join APO and
is all male due to interest and not due to selective rushing methods do we
have the right to turn them down, after all they can be a co-ed chapter and
can do co-ed rushing during their scheduled rushing events?
4) If a school has academic rules "written or unwritten" such as you suggest
shouldn't the advisors of the chapter and the Section Chair make these rules
known to the national office so that special dispensation or another
arrangment be made available to all interested parties? After all doesn't
the office of the Section Chair and the Regional Director allow them to
discuss with campus officials a way to implement a Co-ed APO on campus?
These are my opinions and I remember the old saying from boot everyone has
one. I hope that I have not offended anyone and if I have I sincerely
apologize, but I believe that
we are here not only today but as our oath implies for tomorrow, esp. the
children of tomorrow.
James Thomas
Alumnus Epsilon Mu
Life Member
Charter Member National Alumni Association
