Where would you like to see Kappa Delta colonize/recolonize?
 

I know that I stole this from other chapters' forums...But I thought it would be an interesting conversation for the KDs! Plus....I would love to see more interaction on our topics...I feel like there hasn't been much activity recently! :)

You would think that I'd say my alma mater--I'm from a chapter that was closed. But there are a few good reasons why I accept that it wouldn't be such a great idea. For one, another chapter has opened in the area, and I know that KD likes to have good local alumna support for chapters, so best that this newer chapter be the focus around here.

The other is that I think KD is too good for my school. There was a time when my chapter could have just offered bids on the basis of looks, but they didn't want that. They were strongly antihazing at a school where it's probably more of a problem than is commonly known. Other chapters at this school have frequently been the subject of disciplinary investigations, and these same groups are the ones who always make quota. On the other hand, a sorority that after KD left had a "nice girl" image and that won the outstanding sorority award a couple of years running also faced declining numbers and folded. Hell, a member of one chapter that was supposed to be suspended by the university and "not recognized" by their national won the Panhel presidency during the suspension, and it doesn't seem like anyone batted an eyelash.

So, now that I've got that off my chest...my choice is West Virginia University. It saddens me that a long-lived chapter there had to close, although there was a good reason. A longtime friend of my family had been in a fraternity there, and he mentioned that the KDs were their neighbors, which was pretty cool to learn.

Shellfish, your post makes me laugh, because when I was reading your post for some reason I thought of WVU. (Though the way the WVU chapter closed and the culture of the chapter were different than you described).

I think WVU is way too much of a risk management nightmare. I'd be scared to see a chapter recolonize there. There's not just drinking problems, but drugs as well.

I'd like to see another KD chapter in my area (Pittsburgh) or the surrounding area. There used to be a few more aside from Pitt, but most of them closed. Don't know if we have the alumnae support- though we finally have a full CAB at Pitt. Heck, I'd be willing to do double-duty on CABs.

I'd also like to see chapters at more academically pretigious universities - recolonizing at U Penn, or even at a school like Carnegie Mellon.

KD had Bid Day yesterday at the University of North Texas for the recolonization of the Gamma Beta Chapter. Not for sure of the exact number. I think 45 or so and I believe they are hoping to COB 5 or 6 more. The girls are precious and seem very happy to be KD's.

I'd love to see KD come back to GW in DC. We have a ton of alumnae support here and lots of KDs in the area to help get things moving. Last year we came so close to getting the chapter back, but for it didn't happen.

I also think KD would be good for American University. Based off the chapters already there, we have something different to offer.

And I agree with Dani -- I'd LOVE to see KD come to see more chapters are more prestigious universities. :)

I would love to see KD back on the University of Oklahoma campus.

Gamma Theta closed after I graduated from Oklahoma State. One of my good friends in our chapter at OSU was a Jr. transfer from OU, and one of my HS friends pledged KD at OU while I was pledging at OSU. It would be nice to be at both flagship universities in the old home state.

I've been doing a little more thinking about this, and my new answer is California. Anyplace in California. Just look at the chapter lists some sororities have in that thread of Irishpipes'. Holy cow.

It does make me feel a little better to see that some other similarly sized sororities are in the same situation, and some of the groups that are strong in California have fewer chapters in KD's base, the southeast.

Edit to add that I see we're presenting at Dartmouth next week. Fingers crossed.

I was thinking the same thing Shellfish. When I joined my chapter, I was told that we were a huge sorority in the South and that there were not many chapters on the West Coast. I want to see more out here.

Hmmm if Dartmouth goes through, maybe I can see the first initiation!

I was so excited to hear about KD at Dartmouth! I would love to see KD at Boston University. I'll be attending BU for graduate school in the fall and it would be fantastic to have a chapter there. It would be great to see a few more KD chapters in the Northeast.

I doubt that KD would go to BU, because we have a new chapter at Northeastern, which would require local alumna support. I don't know if there's enough in Boston to go around, but with new chapters in New England, who knows what it'll be like in a few years?

This question made me wonder: What KD chapters are pretty close geographically? I reckon the closest must be at Memphis and Rhodes, and some others would be Maryland and Towson and Bowling Green and Toledo. In the past, there were UCLA and Loyola Marymount, and it still amazes me that there were two within a few miles (I think) for a long time at Westminster and Slippery Rock.

Washington State & University of Idaho are about 10 miles from each other. :) I visited both last year. The campuses are so different though, you would never guess how close they are!

Westminster and Slippery Rock are many miles apart as far as what the campuses are like, though.

SW Ohio is pretty saturated, and it can be a stretch sometimes for alumni support.

University of Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University are just across the river from each other--ten miles or so? Add in Miami of Ohio in Oxford, Wittenberg in Springfield and Wright State in suburban Dayton. 5 chapters within 45 miles or so.

I think we ought to try for Loyola of Chicago since it's open now. We have a ton of alumnae chapters in the Chicago area, so there could be enough support for both Northwestern and a new chapter, unless some of them also support Beloit and Ripon.

That really sounds like a perfect school for us. Just from the little I know. Let's keep our fingers crossed we are considered.