'02-'03 scorecard
 

"Are we adding or losing, or getting better, overall?" asked some GCer recently, so let's start a scorecard:

Chapter deaths this school year:
none known as of Sept. 27

Chapter charterings this school year:
?

Better pledge training, less hazing:
Minus two pledges, 9/27/02:

Kristin High, 22, CSU, Los Angeles, Alpha Kappa Alpha - drowned in the rough waters of Dockweiler Beach
Kenitha Saafir, 24, CSU, Los Angeles, Alpha Kappa Alpha - drowned in the rough waters of Dockweiler Beach

Although I assume that some will say this is stupid or worse, it's just news. We can't get better by ignoring bad news.

Chapter charterings - well, at least 2 JUST FROM READING THIS BOARD.

Zeta Tau Alpha - Kansas U
Delta Gamma - North Carolina State U

come on, if you're going to actually do this (which I think is rather lame, unless we have all the info from everywhere) at least make an appearance of trying to gather positive AND negative information.

Well DZ added 3 new colonies!

• University of Florida
• University of Hartford (Connecticut)
• University of California Northridge

But those aren't charterings... those are colonizations, guys! There's a difference... which one are we counting?

Recolonization
 

Michigan State ( hopefully my baby brother will join) and one other school so far for Pi Kappa Phi. We are going to either recolonize or colonize 6 schools this year. Two have already had Pi Kapp chapters and the other four are brand new schools for Pi Kappa Phi.

Mine is the only Sigma Nu chapter to be founded (new) since 1999. I'm not really sure about recolonizations. Because HQ deals with dormant/suspended chapters on an individual basis I really don't know how I'd get this data for you. I'm about 99% sure that no Sigma Nu has died in a hazing incedent for quite awhile...

Charterings are groups that are DONE colonization. So you can add the Gamma Beta Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon which chartered in August, 2002.

A better resource on hazing deaths/injuries/incidents can be found at www.stophazing.org. Mr. Nuwer keeps it updated as often as he can...