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I am also from a closed chapter. It closed my senior year... Our numbers and relations on campus and with each other were improving, but I think it was a matter of "too little, too late."
I think the most frustrating thing about it is that unless you went through it, you will never understand... and because of that there's no way to really help it from happening to other chapters. Plus, explaining all of the details within a chapter is often a breach of confidentiality.
My sophomore year, when I pledged, Kappa Alpha Theta closed. I remember asking one of my friends in the chapter what happened, and her telling some things, and just thinking, "I'm so glad that we'll never have to go through that." Two years later, there we were having to close our chapter. It's sad, but like you, I wouldn't change anything about it. I often look back at the Greek Life site (I only graduated a year ago, so I still have friends) and am jealous of the beautiful houses they are building, and the fact that their alumnae have something to go back to... But when it comes down to it, in 2001 I pledged the chapter that I fit in with best.
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