[33girl]

First off, Greek letters are not the exclusive property of NIC, NPC and NPHC groups.

Alpha Phi Omega is a national service fraternity. We call each other brother, because we go through a pledging period which strengthens our bonds to each other. We are not a "club" and are certainly not a "gang."

We are a SERVICE fraternity so pretty much our reason for being is to serve the community. We are not permitted to have official houses (duh, we're co-ed) but members can and do live together in apartments and such. These houses do not have letters on them, ever.

If APO chapters are having mixers, not following the policy of nonselective membership recruitment, or putting more emphasis on social than service, that's wrong, and something that the majority of APO chapters do NOT support.

You are 100% correct in saying APO is not like TKE, or ASA, or any social GLO. It isn't supposed to be, and as I previously stated, the majority of its members support that view. It is not "lesser" or "greater" - just different.