Let me start off by saying that I have the utmost respect for all Greek and non-Greek organizations but I think the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha were not given their due respect and time to shine during last week’s homecoming stepshow. The fact that a fight took place while these gentlemen performed was not only disrespectful, but was downright unfair in my personal opinion. I’d like to apologize to the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity myself on behalf of the student body.How could judges make a sound decision on who won or not if in the midst of an organization’s performance a fight takes place and students are scattering, screaming, and taking the focus off of who was on stage? How could it honestly be determined if more than half of the time the Alphas were performing everyone was focused on the fight? I can’t imagine how hard it was for those guys on stage to try and focus on what they were doing while all that commotion was taking place. I’m not sure how long it takes or how much time fraternities and sororities have to put a performance together for a stepshow, but all their hard work went down the drain. As I watched from a distance, while trying to secure my own safety, I was amazed and admired how these young men continued to perform despite all the chaos.
Of course many people could see that and no formal apology or anything was said in defense of the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha. I personally hate what happened to them regardless of what fraternity they belonged to. I’m not stating whom I (in my own opinion) think should have won, but everybody else received the respect of the audience and judges while performing. Why didn’t the Alphas? No, it was not anyone’s fault concerning the fight except for the people involved, but if it had happened to another fraternity or sorority while they were performing would it be a different story?
All I’m simply stating is that I think something should have been said in terms of an apology or even perhaps a chance to start over. It’s almost safe to say that you think because nothing was said to the Alpha’s defense the judges had already made their choice regardless of the fight? That was something that I thought about and I could be wrong…but then again so was the judging.