[20458] in APO-L
Re: All-Male Chapters and Brotherhood "Debate"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shad Cook)
Mon Apr 12 03:32:25 1999
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 03:31:40 EDT
Reply-To: ShadShine@aol.com
From: Shad Cook <ShadShine@AOL.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Each chapter has a different sense of brotherhood regardless if it is an
all-male or
co-ed chapter. Brotherhood depends on those in the chapter not its gender
make up. I'll give you an example. Nu Mu (U of MN at Duluth) Chapter has
existed as an all-male chapter since its chartering in 1961. This last
school year, a female member was added into the chapter via transferring from
another college that she was an active member of APO. She was welcomed with
open arms while everyone outside of our chapter seemed to sense impending
doom or Nu Mu. While hanging around with my former chapter at convention, I
noticed zero change in its brotherhood make up. There were some chapters
that I remember visitng that had a different brotherhood compositions than
the last time I was around them. Its because of the people, not the gender.
Shad Cook
Region IX Staff
Nu Mu Alum
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" E. Roosevelt
