Unfortunately, those types of people exist in every Greek lettered organization.
What is truly sad is when years --sometimes decades-- of less than ideal moral leadership in a chapter causes it to stray so drastically from its principles, that there is no way a chapter can uplift itself from within.
My chapter of APO has definitely been through its own ups and downs. To this day, we are not known for being the most friendly of chapters. But, because of our alumni dedication and unique chapter traditions, our chapter continues to evolve. Instead of replicating the same pledging (some would say hazing) activities of our forefathers and foremothers, those same Brothers have stuck around to tell us that they way they behaved was wrong, and that they expect us to be BETTER than they were.
As a group of 18-21 year olds, my chapter still makes certain mistakes, but as an Alumnus, I have pledged myself to be available to them, whenever they need me. We're not perfect, but with a President of the United States, ambassadors, businessmen and women, a fashion designer, university presidents, etc, within our ranks. . .Mu Alpha has a good kind of pressure to hold the standards of Alpha Phi Omega high.
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