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Re: [APO-L] Question on UMOC and UT Austin (Janis Joplin)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (CharlieZ@aol.com)
Wed Oct 8 14:58:58 2003
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:58:39 -0400
Reply-To: CharlieZ@aol.com
From: CharlieZ@aol.com
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Just on a whim, I searched Google for the following terms: "Janis fraternity ugliest man"
There were quite a few results, and most seemed to recount the tale pretty much as told here, including the negative (and subsequently motivational) impact it had on her, and attributing the contest and/or her nomination to "a fraternity," but not to APO or Alpha Phi Omega by name.
One site in particular, "The Handbook of Texas Online" seems to be a fairly solid source, coming from the University of Texas itself, so I would say that there either has to be a pretty strong basis in fact for this story or this is a particularly well-accepted "legend" about Janis Joplin.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/JJ/fjo69.html
Anyone from Alpha Rho have more insight?
Charlie Z
