[20350] in APO-L
all-male thread
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Amy C Masters)
Wed Mar 24 14:26:07 1999
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 14:25:54 -0500
Reply-To: Amy C Masters <acmast01@athena.louisville.edu>
From: Amy C Masters <acmast01@ATHENA.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
I wonder about the feasibility of splitting the Fraternity, from a legal
standpoint. If we had to go co-ed in the first place to retain our
non-profit status under Title IX, would the creation of an all-male branch
of the fraternity cause that status to be revoked? Would an all-male APO
even qualify as non-profit? If not, that organization loses a great deal
of the resources needed to serve others-- which is still our primary goal,
no matter how you want to interpret Horton's words.
All-male chapters would also necessarily have to be formed at private
colleges, because of Title IX. I don't know where the schools are that
Jesse referred to in his message, but I'm willing to bet that some of them
are state-funded.
In general, the only aspect of chapter operations a change like this would
impact positively (and some might even question that) would be social, and
it would do so at the expense of service-- which seems to me to be a bad
trade. Combine that with the administrative difficulties that would
inevitably arise, and it seems like more bureaucratic trouble than it's
worth. Though I will not dispute the right of all-male chapters to remain
so, I disagree with the idea that they should be made (invited, in fact)
to feel more separate from the National Fraternity than they already do.
Random thoughts from someone wasting time at work...
YiLFS, Amy.
My personal opinions. If you want to blame anyone else, tough. ;)
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