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Old 02-16-2008, 03:31 PM
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Barack Obama Pledged at UIU

Another thread put out the question if Barack Obama was a nupe.

No, Barack Obama is not a nupe. He recently became an honorary member of a different fraternity.

http://www.uiu.edu/general/news/Alpha%20Nu%20Omega.html

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Old 02-16-2008, 05:11 PM
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Another thread put out the question if Barack Obama was a nupe.

No, Barack Obama is not a nupe. He recently became an honorary member of a different fraternity.

http://www.uiu.edu/general/news/Alpha%20Nu%20Omega.html
What a strange title for this thread.
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Old 02-16-2008, 05:50 PM
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What a strange title for this thread.
I agree. I thought it meant that he pledged Kappa at UIU. This thread would probably be better suited in the Greek Life section, or as an additional post in that original "Did Obama pledge Kappa?" thread.
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Old 02-16-2008, 06:31 PM
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To my knowledge, members of Alpha Nu Omega are allowed to pledge NPHC organizations. (But most don't)

I'd gladly welcome clarification from members.
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Old 02-16-2008, 06:32 PM
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Also, after reading the article, I feel like this borderline jeopardizes their tax-exempt status.
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Old 02-16-2008, 07:12 PM
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Also, after reading the article, I feel like this borderline jeopardizes their tax-exempt status.
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking.
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Old 02-16-2008, 10:54 PM
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Also, after reading the article, I feel like this borderline jeopardizes their tax-exempt status.
It's not borderline--it is a violation unless they are not a 501(c).
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Old 02-16-2008, 11:08 PM
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There appears to be more than one Alpha Nu Omega Fraternity and the one here doesn't seem to be affiliated with either one. Barack got duped.
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Old 02-16-2008, 11:41 PM
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WHEW!

That makes me feel better..... Upper Iowa University (which I'd never heard of before today) seems to have only local orgs.

In an interesting coincidence, there is an org there with Digamma in the name!
http://www.uiu.edu/current_students/...nizations.html
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Old 02-16-2008, 11:48 PM
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In an interesting coincidence, there is an org there with Digamma in the name!
http://www.uiu.edu/current_students/...nizations.html
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Old 02-17-2008, 09:18 AM
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I noticed that there are several organizations named Alpha Nu Omega.

http://www.alphanuomega.org/
http://alphanuomega.net/
http://stuser.mcdaniel.edu/ANO/index2.htm

The one that Barack Obama became a member of does not seem to be any of the ones listed above.

At first I thought that the fraternity he pledged at UIU was the predominantly black Christian fraternity (www.alphanuomega.org), but that wasn't founded until November 3, 1988 and according to their website does not have a chapter at UIU.

In the article they mention that Dr. Doug McReynolds is their advisor. Looking on his website (http://www.uiu.edu/~liberalarts/mcreynoldsd.htm), Alpha Nu Omega is referred to as a "predominantly African American", which means that it is not the other two organizations mentioned above (http://alphanuomega.net/) nor (http://stuser.mcdaniel.edu/ANO/index2.htm).

Therefore, the Alpha Nu Omega Fraternity at UIU seems to be a local organization.

I agree with ladygreek's third statement.

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Old 02-17-2008, 09:20 AM
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WHEW!

That makes me feel better..... Upper Iowa University (which I'd never heard of before today) seems to have only local orgs.

In an interesting coincidence, there is an org there with Digamma in the name!
http://www.uiu.edu/current_students/...nizations.html
I had never heard of it either and I lived in both Cedar Rapids, IA and Rockford, IL--two of their satellite locations.
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