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At my school we have two underground chapters, one is recognized by nationals and not by the school, and the other isn't recognized by either. Every year, at the beginning of both semesters, the school puts up flyers in dorms telling guys not to rush them. A couple of my friends are in the fraternity that's not recognized by nationals, and their new members always know that they are basically like a local fraternity. I don't know how much of ritual they've retained, but I was talking to one of their brothers the other night, and he was telling me about their symbols and such, so they do continue to teach the national program, or at least a part of it. The reason that their charter got taken away originally was because of nonpayment of dues, and they've been an underground chapter for about 6 or 7 years now. I think that nationals told them they could get recognition again if they do certain brotherhood programs and pay dues again, it's a question of if they want to do that or not, because regardless of national recognition or not, they still have pretty high numbers.
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