[PrettyBoy]

Jonin?' LOL. Nupe, you're taking me back to DZ. I'm the biggest instigator to ever come through DZ. Oh yeah, and Girard was jonin' on you a couple of days ago. Just so you know. LOL. I told him I called you and got your v-mail. He said "When you called, did his voice mail sound like this?" Then he did an imitation of you. I.. You've got to meet my Sand's Al (tail). He can jone and I usually will instigate to get something started so I can.. after all these years of knowing I like to instigate a good jone session, they still fall for it everytime.

I've never been to that part of Florida before. Sounds like a nice chapter to visit. Girard told me something your chapter did for him that blew me away. I won't post it because you probably already know. When I talk to you I'll tell you about it. Now, those are great brothers. Any chapter that takes care of a Nupe from my chapter like that gets much respect from me. Period.

Nupe, I respect your opinion, but a REAL Nupe to me is a Nupe with good character, and a brother who will go the extra mile for another Nupe. There are good brothers and bad brothers. That's in every glo. Phi, I understand where you're coming from in respect to the undergrad experience. I wouldn't have wanted to come into the Bond any other way. Would I do it all over again? Hell no. Any brother that tells you he would pledge all over again, didn't pledge. When I was in undergrad and years after I didn't like the whole graduate chapter way of coming into the Bond either. I've learned since then, that it's not how a brother comes into the Bond, it's about what he's doing for the Bond or what he would do for another brother in need. Can a grad chapter Nupe relate to an undergrad Nupe? No, I don't think so. But I wouldn't let that determine what kind of relationship or Bond I'll share with that brother. I look at his character. There are dick down brothers who went grad and there are some dick down brothers who were made too. Nupe, I understand how you feel, but I honestly think what our Founding Fathers want is one Fraternity, and one Bond. Separating undergrad Nupes from grad Nupes is the opposite of what a brotherhood should be. I agee with you 110% about checking a brother out. You're right, you have to be careful especially on message boards. But just keep in mind my brother, we're one Fraternity with the same goal that our Founders set in stone. I believe in REAL Nupes both undergraduate and graduate. And yeah, I agree, I am for supporting undergrad chapters. We need to get back to that.

I'm about to text you. Let me know if you got it. I tried calling, I know your busy, but let me know if you got the text. Also Girard said you two hang out whenever you come home to visit. I'll tell Girard to tell me when you swing through, so we can all hang out.

YITB
Rick
Delta Zeta/Bantu
4-8-91