Phi Mu Alpha fraternity values
So get this: I know someone who’s dating a guy who’s a member of the Phi Mu Alpha fraternity — “music geeks,” she calls them. The group’s Web site says…
The Object of this Fraternity shall be for the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit; the mutual welfare and brotherhood of musical students; the advancement of music in America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater.
My friend writes to tell me that her great-grandmother died. She’s in Pennsylvania; the funeral will be in New York. Her car is on the fritz. She asks her boyfriend to drive her.
He refuses. His excuse? “I have fraternity things to do. Not going is just letting down you. Going is letting down all of my brothers.”
Maybe it’s me, but these aren’t the kind of values I’d want my son getting out of any organization.
Miranda says:
I lived with a girl who pledged Phi Mu Alpha… and I know a lot of the brothers. They were cool kids. I wish I’d joined.
Sounds like the boy is the douchebag, not the organization.