Service Greek Orgnizations

[MaryAmanda]

On an unrelated note, I saw this chalking on campus last week:

SEX!
...we have both of them.
Rush Alpha Phi Omega

[OhSoVeryLadylike]

I understand exactly what the thread starter was asking. I am a member of Omega Tau Pi Sorority, Inc. and we are a service based organization. Basically what's been said are the only ways you can get out there.

1. Wear your letters everywhere. People WILL ask because it's different
2. Work WITH the other orgs/groups on campus not against them.
3. Invite any and everyone to your events. Do lots of campus based service.

I also understand the competition aspect, while members of QTPi are allowed to join NPC and NPHC orgs they are not allowed to join other service based orgs like Gamma Sigma Sigma, A Phi Q, Omega Phi Alpha, etc. So that is a struggle you just have to get out there and make yourself known and what you have to offer as a family and in the way of service.

If you have any specific questions please feel free to PM me. We are going through this right now as we just chartered a chapter at Texas Southern University and are simply trying to gather interest.

[gamma_girl52]

Originally Posted by MaryAmanda

On an unrelated note, I saw this chalking on campus last week:

SEX!
...we have both of them.
Rush Alpha Phi Omega

NOOOOOO!!! LOL!!!

[emb021]

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

THAT WAS NOT [IMMEDIATELY] TRUE; it wasn't until 1986 that new chapters had to be co-ed. That is one APO urban legend that needs to be put to bed, along with the whole "Gentlemen's Agreement", but I digress.

My mistake in not making it clear that we didn't immediately require new Chapters to be co-ed.

However, I don't understand your claim about the "Gentlemen's Agreement" being an "APO urban legend". The GA most certainly did exist, and I know of people who were involved in committees looking at this matter at past National Conventions. Are you claiming it didn't exist?

As much as I despise this ruling, in all fairness the all-male constituency had more than an ample opportunity to kill this where it stood. All they needed were six delegates from 3 active chapters and this issue would've been squashed flat! And mind you, the all male constituency getting the needed votes in their favor that they did get was not easy at all.

I have always thought the all-male constituency needed to form their own brotherhood anyway. Not to say that this will happen, but this debate has been raging on for at least 15 years and needs to be put to rest one way or another. Forcing the chapters to go co-ed really isn't effective in doing this. Oh well. I wish them all the best.

The thing to keep in mind is that this so-called "all-male constituency" was never a monolithic group. You had the so-called "APQ" elements, you had the non-APQ all-male schools. You had some who had no problem with APO being co-ed, they just wanted to keep their own chapter all-male. You had those who couldn't get over the fact that we went co-ed, wanted us to go back to all-male, and thought going co-ed was some eeevil plot. (some of these couldn't understand what Title IX was about or how we were affected by it). But, yes, I think part of the problem of the so-called 'a-m c' was that many of them wouldn't work with other chapters. I think if more of them had come out to section, regional, and national events, and worked with the other chapters, they might have won more friends and allies amoung the other chapters.

On the other side were people who had no problem with the remaining all-male chapters, but you also had various people who seemed to have a problem with it, and you had to wonder if some of the 'issues' that were put forth as reasons for forcing the issue (claims of certain groups not wanted to work with APO because we had a few all-male chapters, claims of issues with our Toast Song loosing potential members, etc) were really legit or inflated. If certain groups didn't want to work with us because of this, I think we should know who these are. Otherwise how can we judge if this was true?

But its now part of the past for the most part. Hopefully we can move forward and forge a stronger Fraternity.

[O_Phi_A_Bekah]

Originally Posted by MaryAmanda

On an unrelated note, I saw this chalking on campus last week:

SEX!
...we have both of them.

Rush Alpha Phi Omega

That is good! I bet it worked for them too.

[ophialove]

well I am the newly elected membership director for my chapter of OPA, and I was wondering if yall had any ideas for RUSH themes. I am really excited for the opportunity to do this, because I am hoping to get a large amount of girls coming into RUSH in the fall of '08?!? any ideas?

[DreamfulSpirit]

I'm an OPA alum. Like others already said, you can find places that will do custom greek work, and the more you buy, the less it will per person.

As for the person above, what have been past rush themes? Just curious...I can let you know what my chapter has done in the past.....

[jitterbug13]

Are you from Georgia Southern? You can introduce yourself at the OPhiA forum. I'm a alumna from Chi.

But I don't have any rush ideas. Haven't done a rush in seven years.

[ophialove]

Lets see....

Our chapter is new since 2006, and yes I am from Georgia Southern.

We had a construction theme, using nuts and bolts to find big/littles
We had a camp ophia this semester spring '08.



I actually jsut joined they forum, I am waiting for that email thingy so I can officially join it.

[DreamfulSpirit]

Here are some themes that Phi has done:

-the semester I pledged, they did a FRIENDS theme. Rush shirts were black, and on the front said "OMEGA PHI ALPHA" and in between each letter was a dot, like how they do it during the show's opening credits and the dots were in OPA colors. On the back it said, "We'll Be There For You" and on the very bottom of the back of the shirt it says "National Service Sorority"

-we also did a cowgirl theme "Yippee! O-phi-A!!!" and for one of our rush events we had a ho-down!

-they've also done a Pirates theme, and I believe last semester they did "Click your heels and get carried away...to O-phi-A" as in clicking those ruby slippers!

[jitterbug13]

The only rush theme I can remember is "Rush like it's 1999".

I'm really showing my age now.

[DSTRen13]

Some rush themes we did were "Under the Sea", "Flying High with OPhiA", "Service in the City", and other rushes were not themed (I remember one we just decorated with old event shirts and photos).

I've also sent you a PM --- I'm your chapter's TLC and I'd love to talk with you all more about rush