ATΩ was the first national fraternity ever founded. ATΩ was founded in 1865 with the noble ambition of reuniting the Northern and Southern states after the Civil War. As such, we've been around a while, and have an extensive network of Alumni. No matter where you go in the world, you'll find ATOs there.

Additionally, ATΩ prides itself in being the first fraternity to ever:
· found chapters in both the North and South.
· found a renown leadership development program that is still yet to be matched, called LeaderShape.
· found a substance free chapter.

The Gamma Omicron Chapter of ATΩ located at Purdue University has a long record of

· Academic Excellence, regularly exceeding the all-men GPA; generally within the top 5 GPAs of all fraternities.

· Athletic Excellence, historically scoring high in intramurals.

· Leadership Excellence: our chapter regularly receives excellence awards from our National Fraternity for the management of financial, human, and other resources.

Substance-Free living means that no drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, are allowed to be consumed or stored on the Chapter property. It does not mean that you cannot choose to drink or smoke if you are legally able to do so; it simply means you may not do so in the Chapter house.

Having a substance free chapter house is a great advantage! It empowers each member to make his own lifestyle choices while allowing a great range of activities.

· Living in a substance free house means living in a quieter house. You'll be able to sleep that night before your big exam, even if it is a Thursday night!

· If you don't drink, you won't be subjected to alcohol in our chapter house- ever! Also, your dues will not go toward buying alcohol!

· Our drinking-aged members still have plenty of opportunities to drink outside of the house at official ATΩ functions, but these functions are not mandatory. Check the rest of this FAQ for more information.

We do not equate "drinking" with "having fun." We choose to focus on developing a meaningful brotherhood, instead of focusing on alcohol. But yes, all members who are of legal age may drink or smoke, just not at the Chapter house. Furthermore, our Chapter regularly holds BYOB social events with other Fraternities (in their houses) that comply with all IFC standards and regulations.

BYOB Parties - Our chapter house is completely substance free, but we do regularly have joint BYOB parties with other fraternities (in their houses) in accordance with IFC regulations. These functions, however, are never compulsory, and since they're not at our house, you miss out on all that "fun" stuff, like being kept awake the night before that big exam, or having your property damaged or stolen.

Apartment Parties - Our out-of-house senior members semi-regularly hold smaller, more intimate apartment parties for our drinking-age members.

Tailgating - We tailgate for almost all home football games. All brothers are welcome to attend, and brothers over the age of 21 are welcome to bring their own beer.

Football Buddies - We team up with a sorority as football buddies each year. In addition to tailgating with them and then heading off to the football game with them, we hold dry functions and game-days at the house with them.

We do occasionally hold non-alcoholic functions at our chapter house. These enable all of our members to have fun in a way that won't leave them feeling sick the whole next day.

Some of our more popular events include the sorority-hit Oscar Night and our annual Rootbeer Kegger and Kool-Aid Pong Tourney!

Two of the principles that ATΩ is founded upon are that we should teach, not politics, but morals and foster, not partisanship, but the recognition of true merit. We extend these principles to pledgeship. You don't want to be humiliated or degraded or forced to do undignified activities, and we have no interest in humiliating, degrading, or robbing our future brothers of their dignity.

We don't gain enjoyment from making you feel bad about yourself or by putting you down. We're far more interested that you develop into the type of brother we want you to be- a responsible man who can lead, as well as work and play well together with others. Because of these principles, if there's ever an activity that you're uncomfortable with (which there never should be), feel free to decline- it won't affect your eligibility for membership at all.

As a pledge, you are our future brother, barring any unforeseen circumstances. As such, we want to allow you to experience what our lives are like as brothers, and we want to prepare you to be the man you need to be in order to help better our fraternity.

Our pledgeship program focuses heavily on instilling leadership, accountability, brotherhood, and responsibility within each member of your pledge class. This won't always be easy or fun. You'll never have to do anything degrading, but participating with brothers in house cleanings, as well as doing a pledge class house improvement project, and participating in social and leadership development projects should not be unexpected.

Each year we host the sorority-hit philanthropy, SuperMarket Spree, which emulates the popular 1980's television show. SuperMarket Spree regularly raises $3,000-$5,000 for Lafayette Urban Ministries.

We also participate in many philanthropies hosted by other Greek organizations. One the most renown philanthropies we participate in is Big Man On Campus, hosted by Zeta Tau Alpha in order to increase breast cancer awareness. We regularly rank within the top 5 fraternities for the amount of money that we raise to help combat breast cancer.

ATΩ offers many other opportunities for community service and other philanthropies.

Our chapter house is a rarity among fraternities: it is both clean on the inside and beautiful on the outside. All bedrooms are also carpeted.

Our chapter house is officially an historical landmark. It is beautifully crafted on the outside, and wonderfully spacious, yet cozy on the inside.

Our house is literally a minute-and-a-half walk from academic campus, and even closer to at least two university dining courts. Our electrical system can handle room air-conditioners, so you won't have to deal with the heat. All rooms are equipped with complimentary high-speed internet, WiFi access, and ceiling fans.

Our house contains a full-featured mini-Movie Theater, a Game and Award Room including pool and blackjack tables, a spacious basement featuring Foosball and Table-Tennis, a large and quiet study room, and a large common formal room that's great for sitting and talking.