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Originally Posted by GMUAPhiOAdvisor
Hold on a second. I'm feeling a little chastized here. I did specifically tell the National Office that I wanted to Rush because I was planning to transfer to that school. And I didn't want to lose out on being part of a group I would have joined anyway. And my initiating chapter DID receive permission to bid me. So, the National Office was clearly aware of how I was becoming a brother.
Also, I agreed to follow all the rules and regulations of the university, just as anyone who attends an event on campus is expected to do. Had I failed to do so, I would have been asked to leave the campus and/or the chapter, just as any other student would have been. As for student activities fees, I offered to pay the school and was told it wasn't necessary.
Just clarifying, but I want to make it clear that all rules were followed and nothing was done "improperly" in my situation.
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I'm not chastizing you, I'm giving my opinion why it was pulled. Your chapter did it correctly, but there are many out there who did not. It is very unfortunate that you were made to feel second-class considering you were granted full rights by national bylaws. I also submit that this "second class citizen perception" is another reason it may have been pulled.
I'm also not saying you didn't agree to follow rules and regs of the host campus, but that doesn't mean you were bound to them by anything other than your word. You're a good person of character, obviously, but there are plenty of people out there who are not, and schools have taken steps to protect themselves and their students from liability. Part of that is limiting who may participate in groups that are sponsored and recognized by that campus.
Those two brothers I talked about who were pledged in when according to the rules they should've have...they were some of the most dedicated to APO people I have seen, especially considering they stayed involved at the Section staff level while they were waiting until they transferred. One of them had been in APO for 3 1/2 years when their membership was nullified, when they had been told previously that everything was OK.
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