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Originally posted by DeltAlum
I can only echo Erik's comment. When I became active (not in the traditional Greek sense of pledge, active, alum) in Colorado, I was shocked to be told by an international officer that Delt had absolutely no interest in recolonizing at Colorado. I was even more shocked when alums of the former Beta Kappa Chapter expressed the same feeling.
They had been slapped in the face by the undergrads one too many times.
Thankfully, we have a really committed advisor at Northern Colorado, a two term Chapter Consultant as advisor at Colorado State and a top notch Division Vice President for the two chapters.
While things can change quickly, I was pleased that our chapter at CSU was not one of the ones recently in trouble and that our UNC chapter has topped 50 members -- larger than it has ever been. The downside is that the UNC chapter is no longer winning as many international awards as they did a few years ago.
In the end, though, alumni support can only go so far. Advisors often don't live in the same towns at their chapters. They simply can't have a handle on everything that goes on.
It's up to the active chapter members to do the right thing.
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DTD alum,
You are right! It is up to the chapter members ultimately to do the right thing. My dad and GF were both alums of the house in Boulder that you are referring to. Those members were hand-held for years, to great expense, as they trashed the house AND the reputation of DTD on that campus and community. I can totally understand the sad fact of the reluctnce of the nationals and alums who have had enough. I don't know what the answer is!?!?
