Chapter Variations...
 

Ok, I have an honest question to ask regarding the variations in chapters.

My chapter is in the process of being rechartered... therefore we are a petioning group. I attend a predominately White institution (PWI). There are currently 15 petitioners going through the process of "petitioning group" and out of that 4 are students of color (including myself). Because we just began this journey last spring we are still new to the campus. We have active historically Black frats/sororities but we don't really get much flack from them...

My question to those of you who attend HBCUs...

Because APO chapters at HBCUs have different traditions than those of PWI ... how do you treat or feel about brothers that are students of color but didn't experience the process the same way that you may have?

~Secretluv~

Well as a white dude brother, can't speak directly to that, but it depends on the brother at the HBCU. But I can tell you that there is a black brother on the National Board who initated at University of Virginia...

YiLFS
Randy

Being a brother at an HBCU and a person of color, personally, i dont care what process you went through, as long as you pledged into the same fraternity as me, I will always show you fraternity/brotherly love. There are things to learn from all types of processes and other chapters not just HBCU's.

Honestly I've never heard of steppong in APO. My chapter, Theta Alpha does not do it. We're an engineering school and I don't think we could pull off looking good while we step.

But I think to each chapter it's own. If it's your tradition, go for it!

I think stepping is a choice that each chapter chooses to make. Just because we are service and not social doesn't mean we can't step. I actually love the idea and I am trying to get my chapter, Nu Theta, to start a party walk and eventually we will step. (I hope) I don't attend an HBCU school so the amount of blacks in my organization is very lacking. Right now we have a total of 2 including myself. I think things like adding a party walk or step or whatever might draw other blacks attention.

Alpha Phi Omega
Nu theta

Stepping
 

Stepping is a decision that each chapter has to make for themselves. We step in stepshow's, our come out show, etc.