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I knew the answer to the merger...that's a simple one, even with out ZZ's hint.
As for the odd names...Like RACooper said, most were the names of locals that got to keep them for the old timers.
Some others that I know of, offhand.
Missouri, Kansas State, and Iowa State, as well as the aforementioned Toronto chapter.
As for the Kettering situation. They are really two separate chapters, with no overlap in membership. At UIFI, I got to talk with the woman (an extremely nice AGD) that at the time was their Director of Greek Affairs. The students there go to class for half the year and half the year work at internships. You're pretty much set on a very strict schedule, with no opportunity to meet people who are in the other session. She said that Beta was one of the few chapters she worked with in which the two sections actually got along. Some chapters had major problems between the sections...one of the wierdest things I'd ever heard. But yeah, they share the same house I think, but have independent budgets, different personalities, and traditions. I thought it was wild.
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