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Originally posted by JayBEE!!
Actually Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity is a coed entity on campus. Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority allow colonization by single gender groups. Both are unofficial sister/brother service organizations. Both will have service female members. That is the competition. But the school of Tennessee State University has given the Alpha Phi Omega chapter the authority to say yes or no to having that organization recharter.
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You bring up a couple of points that I think help define my answer.
One, the relationship between GSS and APO is unofficial, which at best means that neither is "beholden" to the other in terms of reconciling growth strategies, organizational objectives, etc. Even if the two groups were "official," the growth of GSS wouldn't necessarily be dictated by APO in this case, it might be that GSS would "consider" the opinions of APO out of respect for their history and relationship, but it seems that ultimately, the decision would made by GSS.
Two, although APO and GSS are both service organizations with intertwined histories, since APO is now co-ed, the organizations now have two slightly different slants. While the original mission of APO may remain the same from its inception, the addition of a coed element is an additional factor differing from its original iteration, and also differs from what is offered by GSS. In short, what a female prospective might see in APO is not synonymous to what GSS is offering. Therefore, GSS and APO offer about the same competition between them as would be in two NPHC groups or two NPC groups: similar in some ways, but essentially different.
As such, I would have to say that APO should not have any particular say on whether GSS could colonize on the campus as an individual entitty, but I don't see why APO could not either offer an opinion that the campus may not be able to support more than one service oriented GLO or vote as part of an umbrella organization's decision.
Moving beyond the two specific groups, I agree with Europis--I don't think it is a sound policy for any one group on campus to decide whether another should be allowed a place on the campus--there is too much room for subjective decision making. This type of decision should be ideally made by a committee from the student activities office based on some objective criteria, or should at least be made by the campus umbrella organization for that particular group type. The best way though, is for the organization to be self-selective--let the interest of the students and the organization's ability to say solvent on the campus determine whether the organization is viable or not.
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