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Originally Posted by Senusret I
I think chapters that call themselves A Phi Que because it's part of their campus culture or chapter culture. It's usually not meant to signify a difference between men and women except among an extreme minority of members (JayBee) who want it to signify that.
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I have to agree with Senusret on this.
I know of a couple of co-ed chapters that seems to have come under the influence of A Phi Que elements, and refer to themselves as A Phi Que. One is a chapter at a state university that is now predominatly black (at a school that is definetly not) and the other is a chapter at a state university which is mixed. Yes, both chapters are still co-ed. It can be a bit jarring to hear a female Brother refer to themselves as A Phi Que.
Before that I had only heard the term A Phi Que used by members/chapters who were at HBCUs.
Also, at least in my region, the predominate term I here is "A Phi O", with APO a second. Will have to pay more attention in the future to see if I note one or the other used more.
Getting back to what the original thread was about. I have to say that APO chapters at non-HBCU schools also have to deal sometimes with the 'fake greek' attitude from the NIC/NPC crowd. Some see us as a 'non greek' group that has taken the 'trappings' of a greek org (letter, handclap, ritual, etc), but aren't a 'real greek' group because we aren't 'social', don't have houses, etc. (so what about social greek chapters who exist on campus where either none have houses or only a select few???). But if one is interesting in that 'debate', there are other threads here on that.
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