Ditto with #18 (although 9 * 2= 18, 1+8=9!!!)
That is the larger issue at hand!!! To me that is just like someone slapping up my real brother!!! No matter how I may feel or what I say about him, I wish a n!99@ would say or do something to him and I am going to put a clappin to someone. You know why, cause he is all I have in this world!!! And that is how bruhs should treat each other cause you did not cross those sands by yourself!!! I am a neo as of APRIL 26, 2003 yet I feel like this issue has been a thorn in both orgs since I began the quest to uphold the torch and trefoil!!! Trying to divide bruhs like a foster home, sheesh (double crossings, different calls, can't trust some of the bruhs {shinning and grinning in my face and whispering something else in my male bruh's ear} etc...I have never heard of any other co-ed organizations, Greek or not doing such!!!) Luckily, I have not experienced the whole disrespect issue and hopefully I never will! HOWEVER, I have been told that I or 17 of the other females in my chapter can't even wear my letters at other HBCU's because of male bruhs may not acknowledge me. That is just plum dumb. Members of both organizations need to shape up and remember that you don't pledge APO or GSS to be out wearing 'naila or to fraternize with bruhs/sorors or to step, chant or be out on the yard/quad nor should students at your respective college/university only associate your organization with such. Those are perks upon receiving a membership into your respective organization. You join/pledge because you are about the cardinal principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service for APO and Service, Friendship and Equality for GSS (courtesy of GSS national website). That is what people should know us (APO and GSS) for.
In closing, this is becoming a cancer and I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. And by putting a band-aid on the issue year after year only makes it worse. People need to nip this in the bud once and for all!!! While we are arguing about who acknowledges who and whatnot, we could spend the same energy doing joint service projects with the other (thus showing unity but remaining separate entities). I am pretty sure that most organizations, (I know that APO does) have to already deal with being a minority in a predominately white organization, do we (black people) really need to divide ourselves because I have an innie and you may have an outie?!?! Give me a break!!!
News at NINE
9-ZP-03 AI
A Phi Que till the day I'm through...
Zeta Phi till the day I die!!!
P.S. And who is fooling who, men may have a problem with women in the frat but a. the women hold the chapter and the frat down (especially at ZETA PHI: paying dues, holding leadership positions (National V.P. is Maggie Katz), making sure that pledges know info (holla back lb's
) and b. men nowdays are not really into pledging, in saying that some chapters of APO would still be inactive if it were not for women.
P.P.S. This is NOT intended to disrespect anyone from GSS but to make my bruhs think: I only know of two organization that is constitutionally bound to the other and that is Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (a BGLO) (Rashid, they made me take it there!!!) Think about it!!!