How can an APO Chapter strive in a Social Greek World?

[nvr_envy]

I'm a member of an APO Chapter at a University with 11 fraternities and 9 sororities and we have the hardest time getting recognition. The school won't recognize us as greek because we're co-ed, so they consider us more like a "club" than a greek fraternity. And the other sororities and fraternities look at us and wonder who we are, where we've come from, and whose letters we've stolen! I actually had 1 brother tell me she was walking down the hall and some sorors confronted her saying, "why are you wearing those letters? That's not a real fraternity?"

Although our chapter was on the brink of non-existence, we have new members and are in full swing. This fall we plan to do a ton of events and advertising to get our name out there but I just wanted some ideas from other chapters on how to cope. Have any of your chapters had similar problems?

In LFS,

Nvr Envy