[naraht]

I'm an alumnus of Alpha Phi Omega. As a Community Service Fraternity, we've been nationally co-ed since 1976 and have had chapters at six of the eight Ivy League schools (currently two active). We have strong chapters in Boston (including MIT and BU) so the question of why we haven't tried to start a chapter at Harvard has come up from students *repeatedly*. We even have a very involved alumnus who *works* for Harvard.

However, Alpha Phi Omega *requires* school recognition to have a charter or to have a chapter (if the Dean of Students says no, at any point prior to or after chartering the chapter goes *poof*.) We've never felt comfortable with Harvard's policies, which while they have changed some over the years have never given us the level of stability that we've felt comfortable with.

The policies that Harvard is proposing in the future seem to go well beyond anti-single gender requirements making certain that a National Kappa Sigma or National Delta Gamma will be unwelcome (in the extreme) on campus, but would ensure that Alpha Delta Phi Society (or any co-ed Social GLO) also not be welcome.