Ithaca is associated with Alpha Phi Alpha because of what reason?

• A. It is the location of Cornell University
• B. It is the birthplace of the founders
• C. It hosts the fraternity's international headquarters
• D. It is where the first national convention was held

Answer: (B)

Origin of the fraternity is being tested: Alpha Phi Alpha began at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1906 when a group of students formed the organization on campus. That makes Ithaca the birthplace of Alpha Phi Alpha because the founding moment—the creation of the fraternity and its initial structure—happened there. It isn’t about hosting the international headquarters or holding the first national convention, which occurred elsewhere; the defining association with Ithaca is that the founders started the fraternity at Cornell in Ithaca.