"Why can't he stop being a bitch and be a man"
 

Good Day Brothers,

I'm receiving e-mails again regarding personal attacks on others. Clearly, I can't control what "Brothers" key. However, I again encourage "Brothers" to act brotherly and to show respect to others. When WOMEN on GC, including Alpha Kappa Alpha, contact me to ask that I have conversation with a member of Alpha Phi Alpha about his comments I'm embarrassed for the "Brother" and the fraternity. I suggest that we don't have to agree with everything posted but nor do we have to be mean spirited in our replies. To that end, hold high the light of Alpha so that others may see and respect who we are.

Be clear about a few things.

1) The rules and regulations of Alpha Phi Alpha supercede any rules and regulations of greekchat when speaking to another brother.

2) Conduct yourself in an Alpha Like manner when addressing issues of Alpha Phi Alpha - Remember your days in the Sphinx club, your manner of speech should be far above those of your peers (In and out of College).

3) Everyone is entitled to an opinion as long as it is expressed in a manner that is befitting the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.

4) Please always remember that Alpha is not a utopia.....therefore no one will ever be 100% happy. Be fraternal to one another in all things!

5) We as Alphas are here to uplift each other in all things and uplift our communities please be aware of this when you speak to one another. How can we uplift if we tear each other down.

6) Keep the ideals of Manly Deeds, Scholarship and Love for all Mankind first and foremost.
Manly Deeds = Anything that brings another up
Scholarship = Education in a variety of things and building of communities
Love for all Mankind = Understanding First of All You are a Servant of All as not only Alpha Defined but God Defined for the World - Servant Leadership.

7) When all else fails remember:

To be an Alphaman means more than just to wear a pin;
It requires intrinsic qualities that are developed deep within.
It calls for lasting Brotherhood, a word sometimes used in vain;
It means an honest devotion, not anticipation of personal gain.


Fraternity speaks of Brotherly Love, that's something to achieve;
It's more than just a grip of hands, It's an ideal to conceive.
You're proud to be an Alpha, and share Her praises won,
But before you inflate yourself with pride,
ask yourself, honestly, "How much have I done?"


To realize the wealth of personal satisfaction from knowing you've given your all,
To have helped Her cause unfalteringly, when you rally to Her call;
To combine all these qualities, and root them deep within,
The product would be an Alphaman, deserving of his pin.


So take an honest inventory of your character within,
And for every virtue you find missing, try and weave it in.
For a man without these virtues isn't worth a grain of sand.
It's plain to see, it's more than just a pin, that makes an Alphaman.


Bro. Fred H Woodruff

You were neither hired by nor appointed by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., to moderate this forum.

The people who are sending you emails need to get a life.

And honestly, so do you. You go through this every few months or so, and it's actually really really sad. Whatever it is that you and your fans are lacking in your lives, I hope it gets rectified quickly. The Sorors have The Vine, we have our own listserves PLUS The Alpha Nation.

Professor, you all embraced a perp before you embraced me....you are so laughable to the point where it's not even funny anymore.

Like I said, the patients are running the asylum and you are AMONG THE WORST.

Furthermore, any idiot can recite (or type out) a poem but it's meaningless if he doesn't internalize it. You, sir, NEVER have. You have ALWAYS listened to whatever chickenhead AKAs, SGRhos, Zetas, or Deltas have your ear WHICH IS VERY IRONIC IF YOU ASK ME.

YOU FAIL, PROFESSOR. AT LIFE. Which is clearly why GreekChat means this much to you. You are as unimpressive in real life as you are a moderator.

Mind your business when it comes to who you THINK I have issues with on this site. It has nothing to do with you. You don't run ME or anything I do, or anything on this board, REALLY. You serve at John's pleasure, and he certainly isn't checking for you like that.

Hello.

I laughed.

Goodbye.

Seriously. Nothing like calling a brother a nasty name while telling others to represent your GLO well.

APhiA is not my lane, obviously, but then again, calling out hypocrisy is everyone's lane!

I am curious as to why the WOMEN just didn't go directly to the person who offended them. The same with the OP. There are multiple ways to do it.

Both the tattling, and the thinly disguised bust out seem rather passive aggressive, imo.

Another thought. Many times in situations when someone says people have been saying... they really mean one person said... and I agree.

Shid pull in the claws, you might e-hurt somebody - LOL.

Seriously though, why is Brother in quotes on a public message board? I wish I would publicly defend an Omega over a soror. My GC sorors would come to Minnesota and hang me out to dry.

I understand freedom of speech and all, but whats up with the title of this thread?

If someone contacted you and you felt the need to pull a Brother to the side, why not a private message?

Agreed.

This whole thread makes me throw on the WTF face. :eek:

Unnecessary! Passive aggressive. Immature. Dramatic. What a night. :rolleyes:

YOU PEOPLE should be proud. This thread made it to PP. LOL

In before the lock/delete.

yep this thread made it to pledgepark.. will be interesting to see what is said over there

Good thing you said "women," because those trifling chickenheads certainly aren't ladies.

I could go on about the latent homophobia that's inherent in the thread title, as well as the intentions of said trifling chickenheads, but it's too early.

I did not direct this matter to you. However, if it applies . . .

LMAO

Apparently you already know......>>>>>>>>>>> "Those damn Alphas. One of them decided to go gorilla on somebodies azz.":rolleyes:

You addressed it to ONE member and pretended to make it a general statement. Passive aggressive.

A general statement does not require any reference to AKAs coming to you about YOUR frat brother.

Another sucky moderator.

I don't need you to validate my comments nor my actions. This issue speaks to mutual respect and uplift that the majority of my fraternity Brothers value. You are not a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and seemingly are clueless regarding values that we hold dear. To that end, stay in your lane as I know how to drive.

I don't need you to need me to validate your comments nor your actions. A reminder of mutual respect does not require the references used in your OP. If your reminder to your frat was a general one in tone, none of us would have commented.

But, most of us commenting aren't Alphas, yet you respond to me only. Selective, indeed. The values that you hold dear are nothing to be clueless about, and they don't include what you tried to do with this thread. My lane is wherever this thread is. My lane is not, however, in PMs which is where your stupidity should have been sent.

If this thread had been created by a nonmoderator, the original post may've been edited to remove the AKA references or a moderator would say "brothers, take it to PM" and closed the thread.

Apparently, messiness is only tolerated from moderators.

You're the one who chose to air this publically, so if you're getting out-of-lane feedback calling you on the hypocricy of your post, you've got no one to blame but yourself.

It raises a red flag to me when one brother/sister calls out another brother/sister on the open board.

It raises an even bigger flag when the brother/sister doing the calling out is a moderator of the forum.

I really don't understand why the original post couldn't have been left to PM, especially since there are already threads (including a sticky thread at the top of the forum) advising about message board etiquette.

Perhaps there was an attempt to communicate via pm. Nonetheless, if the issue does not describe your behavior and is not directed to any particular person then why be bothered - - -

And when the thread on the open board is given a title like the title of this thread, and when the brother doing the calling out keeps putting brother in quotation marks, as though to suggest that the brother being addressed may not be a real brother, well . . .

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Except it clearly was directed to a particular person. :rolleyes:

As kddani said:

Everything posted in this thread made me smile. :)

Thaaaaaaaaanks

You have truly shown your true colors - lol - THANK YOU!!!!!

Hypocrite.

No, thank YOU for allowing me to use the word "chickenhead." I love that word.

The power to invoke "chickenhead" was inside you all along. Just believe in yourself. :cool:

Chickenhead? Last time I heard anyone call a woman that was 2001! LOL

Lets bring it back!

*singing*

Bald head scallywag ain't got no hair in the back....

lol i know.. the thread had just started so i had to add something :D

This is true. Black and Gold, not Pink and Green.

Notice the absence of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in this thread.

Oh and the fact you said that the WOMEN on the board were complaining to you opens the lane for all of us women. We are just making it clear that those of us who have posted are not part of that complaining constituency.

:rolleyes:

Gelled up, weaved up, yo hair is messed up...

Oh yay, this thread is still alive. :)

Then we should not be reading about it.

Ok this thread is overrated. I see why I don't come to GC often...Back to PP

OK.

Thanks for the heads up, I guess :confused:

lol. This thread is overrated though. Certainly nothing to be carrying to other boards.

Of course. I have no idea why that (extremely frequent) GC poster brought it to PP.