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Re: [APO-L] Question on UMOC and UT Austin (From an Alpha Rho)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim Francis)
Fri Oct 10 11:04:09 2003
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:37:26 -0500
Reply-To: Kim Francis <kfrancis@SOUTHERNCO.COM>
From: Kim Francis <kfrancis@SOUTHERNCO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
As an Alum of Alpha Rho, I polled some of my fellow Alumni. The basic
concensus was, we've heard the story, but Alpha Rho does not seem to have
been involved with UMOC at the time. We take a lot of pride in our history
and traditions and the pledge manual is filled with all of our legacies
such as having three National President come from AP, keeper of the
world's largest Texas flag, etc. and we very boastful and proud of our
history as you can imagine; humble too : )
With that being said, if we could take credit for this story, we would
have by now, so we don't think that the chapter was involved. There is
going to be an alumni event in November, and the story will be passed
around for validity.
Hook 'em!
Kim Francis
Alpha Rho Alum
Region IV Director
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:40:50 -0500, adam marinik <amarinik@mail.utexas.edu>
wrote:
>I am from Alpha Rho, and can honestly say that anyones guess is as good as
>ours. A lot of that part of our history resides in our Alumni, and having
>not done this contest is a very long time, is likely lost unless you can
>find an Alumni who was around during that time. One thing I do know is
that
>the contest was usually a joke, so I can't say whether or not this
happened
>as was stated in the article. Sorry I can't be of more help.
>
>Adam Marinik
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alpha Phi Omega Discussion List
>[mailto:APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU]On Behalf Of CharlieZ@aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:59 PM
>To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
>Subject: Re: [APO-L] Question on UMOC and UT Austin (Janis Joplin)
>
>
>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
