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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I guess I just don't see the problem.
The national organization, at least in this case, approves.
The school approves.
The Greek advisor probably approves, or would have put a stop to it.
The IFC obviously approves since they are the ones that appointed her (at least that's how IFC works at my school).
If APO is on IFC, then their members have just as much of a right as anyone to serve positions on IFC. In fact, they SHOULD be serving positions on it.
I don't think nearly as many people would have issues with it if she was a guy who belonged to APO.
The only thing that I see as being up for debate is whether or not this APO chapter really needs to be on IFC considering that they have an all-Greek council there -- but I'm assuming that that's something that they debated and made a decision on, and that they made that decision for good reasons.
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In some schools, the IFC (and NPC) operate on a rotation basis - based on who has been there the longest (this is what national NPC does). If this is the case, the only people who "appointed" her are her fellow APO brothers.
I would have
just as many issues with it if she was a guy. It's NOT her gender, it's the fact that she is in a nonsocial fraternity and is the head of the group that governs social fraternities.
Think of it this way: if somone from a service sorority who didn't have a quota or total was on your school's Panhel and was the head of the body making decisions about rush, total, quota etc, would you be OK with it?
And as far as the school and the Greek advisor approving - in this case, I'm sorry, the school is just dumb. I doubt that they debated this - to me, it just seems like they made a huge, ridiculous assumption. They see "fraternity" and "pledge" and think they are the same as the rest of the groups on IFC. They're not, for the obvious reason (they're co-ed) and the less obvious (APO does not have member selection in the same way IFC groups do).
APO should no more be on IFC than Phi Beta Kappa or Tri Delta. It's a completely different type of group. Not better or worse, just different.