NPHC vs. 25/52 Family-Why the animosity?

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by naraht

Sometimes I wonder whether Alpha Phi Omega at the HBCUs would be better off if it didn't refer to itself as A-Phi-Que. Do the Omega's view us using Q to represent our Omega to be flattery or not?

I'm still trying to find out both when Omega Psi Phi started using Q to describe itself and when Alpha Phi Omega at the HBCUs started using Q as part of its self description.

Randolph Finder
Alpha Phi Omega History and Archives Cmte.

I think NOT.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by naraht

Sometimes I wonder whether Alpha Phi Omega at the HBCUs would be better off if it didn't refer to itself as A-Phi-Que. Do the Omega's view us using Q to represent our Omega to be flattery or not?

I'm still trying to find out both when Omega Psi Phi started using Q to describe itself and when Alpha Phi Omega at the HBCUs started using Q as part of its self description.

Randolph Finder
Alpha Phi Omega History and Archives Cmte.

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

I think NOT.

Agreed. I'm an APO brother who detests "A Phi Que."

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by naraht

Sometimes I wonder whether Alpha Phi Omega at the HBCUs would be better off if it didn't refer to itself as A-Phi-Que. Do the Omega's view us using Q to represent our Omega to be flattery or not?

I'm still trying to find out both when Omega Psi Phi started using Q to describe itself and when Alpha Phi Omega at the HBCUs started using Q as part of its self description.

Randolph Finder
Alpha Phi Omega History and Archives Cmte.

Whether Omegas find it flattering is irrelevant -- most Ques I know really don't care one way or the other. It's usually people who aren't Ques who make it a big deal.

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

Agreed. I'm an APO brother who detests "A Phi Que."

You also weren't initiated into a chapter where "A Phi Que" as a term was part of the chapter's heritage.

It is my belief that on those campuses where it is made into a huge problem, it isn't worth it to demand to be called A Phi Que. This would hold especially true on those campuses where the fraternity has been dormant for some time.

But why would the FAMU chapter stop referring to themselves as A Phi Que? It shouldn't.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

You also weren't initiated into a chapter where "A Phi Que" as a term was part of the chapter's heritage.

It's not just the name, though. It's what it represents. Chapters that call themselves A Phi Que are usually men-only by design.