Comments on: AEPi Struggling at Dartmouth http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/ ****************A Blog for the Brothers of * the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fratertnity, Inc.**************** Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Marc Ehrman http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-12 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:10:51 +0100 http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-12 I have faith in the brothers at Darmouth. I met a few of them at our past regional conclave, and they seem like they have their acts together. It took Gamma Mu (George Mason University) a long time to be recognized at our campus, and now we are. The presence of being recognized does not feel as good as knowing that we worked hard to become recognized. I look forward to hearing future progress. Marc Ehrman Gamma Mu '07 I have faith in the brothers at Darmouth. I met a few of them at our past regional conclave, and they seem like they have their acts together. It took Gamma Mu (George Mason University) a long time to be recognized at our campus, and now we are. The presence of being recognized does not feel as good as knowing that we worked hard to become recognized. I look forward to hearing future progress.

Marc Ehrman
Gamma Mu ‘07

]]> by: Dan Goldberg http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-11 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:41:55 +0100 http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-11 Oops, the first time it told me it didn't get posted, so I resposted. My apologies. Oops, the first time it told me it didn’t get posted, so I resposted. My apologies.

]]> by: Dan Goldberg http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-10 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:40:57 +0100 http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-10 Don't stop, guys. Keep going, and make yourself so amazing that they simply cannot ignore you. It certainly worked for us. Everyone on campus knew that AEPi was there, and that we weren't going anywhere, and the people on IFC were complaining because we were doing better than some of their chapters and weren't under their rules. They'll come around. Dan Goldberg Omicron Deuteron '08 Don’t stop, guys. Keep going, and make yourself so amazing that they simply cannot ignore you. It certainly worked for us.

Everyone on campus knew that AEPi was there, and that we weren’t going anywhere, and the people on IFC were complaining because we were doing better than some of their chapters and weren’t under their rules.

They’ll come around.

Dan Goldberg
Omicron Deuteron ‘08

]]> by: Dan Goldberg http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-9 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:38:47 +0100 http://aepi.blogsome.com/2006/03/16/struggling-aepi-colony-at-dartmouth/#comment-9 There is a quote somewhere in Ender's Game that goes something like "They hate you because you're better than them. They'll stop hating you when you are so good, they can no longer deny you." We refounded our colony without the permission of IFC, and just this last year joined when they decided to add more fraternities. During our presentation to them, we were questioned as to why we didn't ask permission first and why we were "going against the ifc". We explained we had no idea, first of all, and second of all, we've been trying to join from the start and we were given trouble by them. They asked us "so what will you do if we don't let you on?" And I responded that we would stay in the house directly across campus, shine our light on the letters on the front of the house, and continue to be so good, they'll wonder why they didn't let us on. They let us on. There is a quote somewhere in Ender’s Game that goes something like “They hate you because you’re better than them. They’ll stop hating you when you are so good, they can no longer deny you.”

We refounded our colony without the permission of IFC, and just this last year joined when they decided to add more fraternities. During our presentation to them, we were questioned as to why we didn’t ask permission first and why we were “going against the ifc”. We explained we had no idea, first of all, and second of all, we’ve been trying to join from the start and we were given trouble by them.

They asked us “so what will you do if we don’t let you on?” And I responded that we would stay in the house directly across campus, shine our light on the letters on the front of the house, and continue to be so good, they’ll wonder why they didn’t let us on.

They let us on.

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