[24209] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] APO News Alert - Via Google
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dave o'leary)
Wed Mar 17 13:39:43 2004
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:06:52 -0800
Reply-To: "dave o'leary" <daveol@earthlink.net>
From: "dave o'leary" <daveol@earthlink.net>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <03E8CF5A1005AD4A9CB7419A1327DEE8012CA676@ngb-66c05-xch02.n
gb.army.mil>
Does the Sunday Herald have a "Letters" section? (I usually read
the Times and the Financial Times rather than that Herald).
Seems like someone should write a letter to the editor explaining
that there are more to Fraternities (and especially Alpha Phi Omega)
than parties, rituals, and houses.
dave
p.s. Michael, I agree with you that perceptions of fraternities are
one of the big challenges that we face in trying to extend
internationally (and even sometimes in the US).
At 10:28 AM 3/17/2004 -0500, Finder, Randolph J Mr NGB-ARNG wrote:
> > Brothers (with all apologies to Randy Finder):
>Apologies accepted. :)
>
> >
> > Google is beta-testing its News Alert system, which will
> > provide you an
> > update on news involving just about anything you want it to
> > define.
>They have been doing it for a while (> 6 months) , I'm sort of surprised
>that the news-alerts and indeed the entire news.google.com site are still
>considered BETA by google.
>
>For those of you who can't wait for my monthly reports (including myself. :)
>its wonderful.
>
>
>On a slightly different topic, for those of you who search for the last 30
>days on the web as I do at
>http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=%22al
>pha+phi+omega%22&sa=N&tab=wn
>
>the most recent hit is sort of annoying.
>http://www.sundayherald.com/40522
>
>Its an article in the Sunday Herald (In Britain) explaining the USA concept
>of spring break and explaining how fraternities and sororities are a big
>part of it and parathetically mentions that Alpha Phi Omega is the Largest
>of them. Glad that they recognize that, but not exactly the best place to
>get it mentioned. :(
>
> From the article....
>
>Sororities and fraternities are student organisations of girls and guys
>respectively, grouped under a handful of Greek letters (Alpha Phi Omega is
>America's largest). Famous for their sprawling fraternity or sorority houses
>on campus, these are nationwide institutions, whose memberships straddle
>different univerisities. They're also notable for their dubious initiation
>rituals, their parties, and the tight social bonds within one's chosen
>brotherhood and sisterhood. There are hundreds to chose from, and some cater
>specifically for gay, Christian, or African-American students. But
>membership is exlusive and lifelong. (Think of a student version of the
>masons.) Spring break is when they take their campus parties on the road.
