What is a "whipper snapper?" I've always wanted to know.

You don't remember because
you are so young but the
name changed in 1999. One
fraternity was there when
it was a textile school and left.
Maybe it left because it changed
the name and wanted to be
associated with a skill that
third world workers would
give an arm and a leg for.
To work the loom is a wonderful
thing.

Rub some clearasil on your face
because back when I knew
Webster and he helped found a
colony of a fraternity he was
determined never to put such
colloquial slang into our beloved
dictionaries. Now America is ruined
because some dictionaries even
have the world blog defined.

I think the greatest danger of expansion is that which comes from fraternities which expand at campuses with known hazing problems just so they can say they have yet another chapter and someday, somehow, they will catch SigEp and SAE.

It depends on how you approcah it. We turned down an interest group at Ohio University (where we would like a chapter) because the interest group was a risk management problem. We accepted an interest group at Oneonta, where there are huge hazing problems, because of the caliber of the group, and their commitment to form a responsible fraternity.

Also, why would anyone want to "catch SigEp and SAE?"

It is true. In this day
and age we have a
Walmart mentality
when it comes to
expansion. This hurts
us. Back in the 1700's
when I was a young
boy who played in the
streets of colonial
Williamsburg, I used
to push a big bicycle
wheel around with a stick
and wear little shorts
with suspenders and
a cabby hat. I wondered
then too where the risk
was worth it.

So they can come onto GC and say their fraternity is the biggest.

Kind of like those who started 15 chapters, 22 of which have folded?

Did they not teach you
math in public school?
You cannot have 22
chapters fold if you
have 15. It makes
no sense. Clearly you
do not respect your
elders if you cannot
do math. After I light
my Depends on fire
on 33girl's doorsteps,
I will come for you.

this has gotta be in the top 10 GC satire threads

Yes sir!!!

If not for anything
else then but for
me discussing how
I played with a wheel
and a stick. In those
days I used to have
pajamas with flaps on
the bottom. My mother
would be upset when
I left a stain. Do you
know what I'm talking
about? I wish I had
a picture. I wish
fraternities would consider
the schools they go
into so they are not
stained pajamas or
risky wheels being pushed
with sticks by boys wearing
cabby hats.

It's true, you really have to be careful about expansion. Trying to get too big too quickly can get you in trouble, stretching resources and people in impossible situations.

Personally, as long as my chapter and the fraternity as a whole are strong, that's the important thing to me. If you're a member of ABC, I don't think the goal should be catching XYZ, but making ABC strong.

It will be an interesting trend to see how well some of these chapters fare with the emphasis on agressive expansion.

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Totally agree with you - I have seen so many chapters of a few particular fraternities struggling because their HQ is overextended. I'd rather be in a very strong middle-sized sorority (which I am) than be in a huge one that's overextended and not providing for its' chapters.