Does being a sophomore or above matter when looking to join a fraternity?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

I worry that SCHOOLS are more important than Same Fraternity Brothers?

If XYZ or ABC is the most important thing, then where or the proiorties?

How Many Brothers do you know from outside your own Chapter? Are they more important than your school?

Your priorities should be to the guys in your chapter. I have plenty of great friends at other chapters throughout the South.....but my chapter here is far more important than SAE nationally.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Your priorities should be to the guys in your chapter. I have plenty of great friends at other chapters throughout the South.....but my chapter here is far more important than SAE nationally.

The problem with you seems to be your narrow mindness.

The world does not revolve around the South of The United States.

So, YOU disrespect Your International? It seems so.

What you do not seem to realize, is that your Chapter Lives and Dies by their decission and those of your Brothers all over.

Have you ever been to a Geneal Assembly of Your Fraternity?

Have You ever had to Vote on closing a Chapter?

Can You make a decission like that?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

The problem with you seems to be your narrow mindness.

This is exactly why I don't like responding to you....you have the reading comprehension skills of a piece of bark. I'm narrow minded because my priorities are with the chapter in which I pledged? You are an idiot.

The world does not revolve around the South of The United States.

I never said it did dumbass. At what point in my response did I say anything like that? What the hell is wrong with you? I live in the South, if you didn't realize that. My friends all go to schools in the South. Southern Greek life and chapters in the South are what I know. Sorry if I'm not going to pretend that i'm big time SAE buddies with every guy at every chapter nationwide.

So, YOU disrespect Your International? It seems so.

Are you kidding me? You equate loyalty to your own chapter as showing disrespect to the overall organization? Sweet God you are a moron. Please explain this to me because my head is about to explode.

What you do not seem to realize, is that your Chapter Lives and Dies by their decission and those of your Brothers all over.

No Tom......people at other schools don't have any pull over what happens with our chapter. Me and my fraternity brothers at Texas have that control. The decisions that WE make as a chapter are what we "live and die by".

Have you ever been to a Geneal Assembly of Your Fraternity?

Have You ever had to Vote on closing a Chapter?

Can You make a decission like that?

Why do you write mindless crap like this? Nothing about any of this has to do with this thread or even the question that you posed. You asked a very simple question...........and the response you got wasn't what you wanted to hear. I would imagine if I said something along the lines of "Oh gee willikers, every SAE at every school in the country is my eternal brother and I will look upon him the same as I do my brothers at my respective chapter. Its ok that they don't have anything in common with me and don't share the same ideals because their SAE's!!!!!!" "Also, everytime I hear of a chapter closing, my heart breaks and my tears weep in sorrow for my unfortunate Phi Alpha SAE Brothers."

If you are going to be a moron and type out sputtering sentence fragments and one line rebuttals.........don't bother.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by macallan25

This is exactly why I don't like responding to you....you have the reading comprehension skills of a piece of bark. I'm narrow minded because my priorities are with the chapter in which I pledged? You are an idiot.



I never said it did dumbass. At what point in my response did I say anything like that? What the hell is wrong with you? I live in the South, if you didn't realize that. My friends all go to schools in the South. Southern Greek life and chapters in the South are what I know. Sorry if I'm not going to pretend that i'm big time SAE buddies with every guy at every chapter nationwide.



Are you kidding me? You equate loyalty to your own chapter as showing disrespect to the overall organization? Sweet God you are a moron. Please explain this to me because my head is about to explode.



No Tom......people at other schools don't have any pull over what happens with our chapter. Me and my fraternity brothers at Texas have that control. The decisions that WE make as a chapter are what we "live and die by".





Why do you write mindless crap like this? Nothing about any of this has to do with this thread or even the question that you posed. You asked a very simple question...........and the response you got wasn't what you wanted to hear. I would imagine if I said something along the lines of "Oh gee willikers, every SAE at every school in the country is my eternal brother and I will look upon him the same as I do my brothers at my respective chapter. Its ok that they don't have anything in common with me and don't share the same ideals because their SAE's!!!!!!" "Also, everytime I hear of a chapter closing, my heart breaks and my tears weep in sorrow for my unfortunate Phi Alpha SAE Brothers."

If you are going to be a moron and type out sputtering sentence fragments and one line rebuttals.........don't bother.

OKAY DOKY! Impressive!

I FEEL THE SAME WAY ! Hell, we all do!

But, SAE is not the only GLO on Earth!

You need to work with people and People from Other GLOS. Get the program?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

OKAY DOKY! Impressive!

I FEEL THE SAME WAY ! Hell, we all do!

But, SAE is not the only GLO on Earth!

I'm actually trying to be civil here......because my head is about to explode.

Do you even read the garbage that you type? You trying to stay focused on a single topic is about as unlikely as Tito Jackson winning a Grammy.

I am well aware that SAE is not the "only GLO on earth". You asked a simple question about loyalty to your chapter/nationals/schools....so I answered it.

As for this:

You need to work with people and People from Other GLOS. Get the program?

I don't even know what this means. Actually, I'm just going to go ahead and say no, I don't. I have friends in many different fraternities.......do I feel the need to involve myself in their affairs?.....no. Why would I?.....and vice versa. Outside of having social relationships with other fraternities, I have no need to "work" with them on anything, whatever the hell that means.

[Tom Earp]

That is the point. U just do not get it!

[shinerbock]

Why should we work with other GLO's. I didn't join them all, I joined one that I liked. We're not one big greek world. I'm sorry, but my fraternal ties don't overcome stark differences in other areas. I didn't go through pledgeship with people from other chapters. They don't act, dress, or think the same way as me. The fact that they wear the same letters as me and believe in what our fraternity stands for is not sufficient for me to regard them like I do people in my chapter.

I know this is a shock to some people, but the fraternity (as an org, not the people in my chapter) is not overly high on my list of important things. I'd rank my faith, my family, my country, my school, and my friends ahead of it.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

That is the point. U just do not get it!

No, I don't get why you think "working with other GLOs" in an effort to be one gigantic ball of Greekdom is something that you think is so incredibly important. I don't. That really isn't something that I think is necessary or productive. Like Shinerbock said, I joined my fraternity because I wanted to be a part of it and because I liked it, not so I could make an effort to involve myself with a bunch of other fraternities.

So instead of you blurting out sentence fragments and telling me that I don't get it..........perhaps you can enlighten me on just what it is that you are talking about in reference to "working with other GLOs."