Pledge Harder

[Preacher06]

Greetings to my distinguished brothers of AphiA Let me say that through my process my head was bloody but unbowed. I however am so tired of everyone trying to outdo the next man when it comes to pledging. It seems no matter how hard you pledged someone always claims to have pledged harder. Help me? I actually heard some Beta Chapter Brothers sound off A Phi.........07 I mean come on are we one frat or just individual chapters.
My process was as bloody as anyones but I am sick of being in the supermarket with my family and getting challenged. Brothers its really not that serious. Make no mistakes I know my shit. But damn. Yes I know the secret of the ape and what the colors mean. Now let me ask you a question are you active??? The only people to challenge me has been inactive brothers and Neos. It has gotten so bad I was even challenged by a 60 plus year old AKA. Who before she hugged me asked me what the greatest love story ever told was. So to those brothers walking with your chest out because you got beat up for 8 or 9 weeks You better know your shit to brothers lets stop focusing in on our differences and focus instead on our commonalities. "Alpha Phi Alpha is the light of the world forever shall I hold it up high"

[frostbyte]

Preacher,

I definitely am feeling you on this subject. I was at a frat party a couple weeks ago, and will not mention the chapter name, and bruhs from different chapters got in a fight. Needless to say it was embarrassing for bruhs to act this way in public, as we sent out a negative message. Remember we pledged a fraternity, not a chapter. Preacher, continue to hold the light up.

Does your heart bleed the same forward and backward?.........

Fraternally,

Justin 'Frostbyte' Rogers
Ace Club (Advocator of Dr. Callis)- Spring 99 - Mu Iota - U of Tennessee

[The Original Ape]

Originally posted by Preacher06:
Greetings to my distinguished brothers of AphiA Let me say that through my process my head was bloody but unbowed. I however am so tired of everyone trying to outdo the next man when it comes to pledging. It seems no matter how hard you pledged someone always claims to have pledged harder. Help me? I actually heard some Beta Chapter Brothers sound off A Phi.........07 I mean come on are we one frat or just individual chapters.
My process was as bloody as anyones but I am sick of being in the supermarket with my family and getting challenged. Brothers its really not that serious. Make no mistakes I know my shit. But damn. Yes I know the secret of the ape and what the colors mean. Now let me ask you a question are you active??? The only people to challenge me has been inactive brothers and Neos. It has gotten so bad I was even challenged by a 60 plus year old AKA. Who before she hugged me asked me what the greatest love story ever told was. So to those brothers walking with your chest out because you got beat up for 8 or 9 weeks You better know your shit to brothers lets stop focusing in on our differences and focus instead on our commonalities. "Alpha Phi Alpha is the light of the world forever shall I hold it up high"

Preacher, preach on!

I feel you on the competition thing. As long as you were "made", you're a member of this family. I wish bruhs would look at it like ALPHA is your first name, and your chapter name is your last name.

[AKA2D '91]

I had to make a response:

A sixty+ (60+) Soror approached you?

I see you all are faced with the same struggles...

"Why can't we ALL just get along?"

I am sure that many are not financial, or have not been since they graduated (if they did)...That's why we have to be SO CAREFUL as to who we let into our organizations.

SKKEEE-PHI

[Ice Cold Kreator]

HALLELUJAH Preacher!

I totally agree...it doesn't mean a thing...if you don't know one thing...

I believe that some of this heightened chapter rivalry stuff comes from meta-secrecy formed by underground pledge processes!

Let us all remember that we did not pledge a chapter...we PLEDGED ALPHA!!!!

there can never be an 07...if there hadn't been an 06! some brothers try to heighten the chapter's importance by some of this crazy stuff...Our Founders are not happy.. not even at Howard

A PHI!
PHI-SKEE!

In the spirit of ALPHA,

I am,

The Ice Cold Kreator

[Preacher06]

Glad to hear all of the responses I had another thought and this is not just for Alpha this goes for all Greek organizations. A phi A alone spent over 10 million dollars in 99 on conventions...10 million dollars. that is not even including all the money the bruhz spent is those prespective cities. just think what the other organizations spent. Why can't we as a panhellenic council purchase 9 hotels in different regions of the U.S and use them for our conventions. When were not using them we are making money on them Damn I wish I had time. 06

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[The Original Ape]

Originally posted by Preacher06:
Glad to hear all of the responses I had another thought and this is not just for Alpha this goes for all Greek organizations. A phi A alone spent over 10 million dollars in 99 on conventions...10 million dollars. that is not even including all the money the bruhz spent is those prespective cities. just think what the other organizations spent. Why can't we as a panhellenic council purchase 9 hotels in different regions of the U.S and use them for our conventions. When were not using them we are making money on them Damn I wish I had time. 06

That's a dam good idea!
I wish I had the money, dog!!!!!!!

06.

[icytre]

Hey frat,

I just want to say that national convention was OFF DA CHAIN!!!!!

Has anyone received word of a national frat pilgrimage to Cornell University?

[The Alpha Man]

Hey Frat and Sorors I am reading your responses and they are very true. I am one of the members that of A Phi A and am initiated through the chapter not the other way around. We really do need to watch who we allow in our organizations. I feel that the GPA requirements should go up. I pledged with a 3.15 GPA and I feel that it should be placed somewhere in that region. Honestly beside inactive and non graduates should be low gpa members. I feel that if you are average in school than you will be average in the frat and we don't need anymore chapter Alpha's making the founders look bad. Oh yea though I crossed I don't care weather the next brother pledged as long as he is legit and knows his stuff we straight. For it is not the victory after all it is the fight that a brother makes. A PHI til tha day I die not "chapter" till the day I die.

COME ON BRUHS

[Senusret I]

Discretion, neo.

[always_aspiring]

I feel you, on knowing your info, being active and showing brotherhood. Its the ONLY true way in my eyes to hold the light high.

When I crossed this spring I immediately saw the drama that can be caused by those who dwell on thee issue of who pledged and who didn't its ridiculous.

The only thing I wanted to add to your post about knowing your stuff is be willing to teach what you've learned. There is 101 years of information spread over continents if a brother doesn't know something and he's a true bruh teach him.

Pre-MIP brothers had to physically earn every piece of info they have so even sharing that info with another made brother who may have earned another set of info is difficult. We've learned to guard info but unfortunately we get into the mind set of guarding it from each other too and that they should EARN it. We should all be constantly searching for enlightenment.

[The Alpha Man]

Thanks frat

[Senusret I]

OMG if y'all don't take this to PMs, I swear!!!!


Varmints!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Discretion, neo.

Yeah, we didn't need to know that he confuses "whether" and "weather."