[Bro. Jones]

...well...

true, without the women, APO would not be where it is today. ratios alone depict that in our chapter, without the women, we would fail. since the rechartering of Psi Phi, there has ALWAYS been more women than men:

33 Resurrected: 21 women, 12 men
12 Runaways: 7 women, 5 men
20 Excuses: 8 women, 12 men
16 Conspiracy Theories: 11 women, 5 men
15 Ways to RunTelDat: 10 women, 5 men
Total: 57 women, 39 men (59.37% women)

Most, if not all, of the the ladies that have come through were hard working and very productive for the fraternity chapterwise and nationally. But, let's not count out the men, because without 3 men in particular, there wouldn't even be a chapter at TSU. We need each other... plain and simple. Heck, if you look in the pledge manual on page 9, it states "the late 1960's and early 1970's were years of great turmoil on college campuses. The "anti-establishment" movement resulted in a drop in membership for many campus organizations especially fraternities and sororities; Alpha Phi Omega was affected as well. In fact, many chapters were declared inactive. Admitting women as members was seen by many as the solution to declining membership." Without women in the frat, who is to say that APO would even exist today nationally?

Now, about these men that just wish to exclude women as part of the fraternity, they are just ignorant. Ladies, please do not view this as the thoughts of ALL men in the fraternity. In every apple tree, there will be a few bad apples. There is nothing that can be done about it, but they wish to continue in their "old ways". But, I guess it's like the saying goes, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." I hope that none of you women have to run across any of these individuals while as members of OUR beloved organization. As long as you have a membership card, you are alright in my eyes

Open statement to ALL... male and female
Please, respect where the fraternity once was... (all male)
Please, respect where the fraternity will be... (co-ed)

With the issue with APO/GSS... we must realize that at one time in history, there were no women allowed into the fraternity. If you know your history, women were only "snuck" into the frat through certain chapters until that faithful National Convention in 1976. This is why we basically have GSS. Men would do service with APO, and women would do service with GSS. That's just the way it was then. Times have changed, but it does not mean that the two organizations have to part their separate ways (though the two were NEVER constitutionally bound). I have ran across a few women who think that the men of APO should totally disregard GSS because they have women in APO, and should have to sociallize with any other women outside of the organization. Now, how would this make you feel if you were in GSS, and your founding was somewhat based off of APO, but some of the female members want to totally disregard you?

GSS does service, APO does service...
GSS is co-ed, APO is co-ed...
either get with it or get left behind.

in leadership, friendship, service, and equality