OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC.

Conclave Decorum

No one will be permitted to enter any Conclave activities who wears paraphernalia which is lewd, obscene or depicts a canine (DOG) reference. There will be no exceptions.

For the comfort and safety of registered brothers and guests, police officers and special security forces will be employed for all events.

STATEMENT OF POSITION AGAINST CANINE REFERENCE

WHEREAS, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is an organization of college-trained men; and,

WHEREAS, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity has always sought, and continues to seek, men of similar high ideals of manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift to be members of the organization, and

WHEREAS, the Cardinal Principles of Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift are deemed, in and of themselves, to be adequate symbolism's and representations for the organization and its members, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. expressly denounces and vehemently opposes the use of any canine (dog) representation associated with the organization's name, symbols, or crest (escutcheon), and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. forbids admission to any of its programs and events, or to the program or events of any of its chapters, to any person who wears paraphernalia which might depict association of a canine refer ence with the organization, and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., considers any person who wears Omega paraphernalia with a canine reference to be in violation of Fraternity policy.

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: JOHN EPPS PH.D