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Originally Posted by BamaDad DZ
My daughter, a freshman DZ at the University of Alabama, heard there were approximately 2,000 pnms signed up for Fall 2007 recruitment. The source may be hearsay originating at the DZ house, the Greek Life Office, or the local pub, for all I know. However, UA had over 1,400 pnms sign up for recruitment last Fall. By the year 2010, the University of Alabama expects to increase student enrollment by 8,000 students, including graduate and law students, so you might expect the number of pnms to increase proportionately each year. Moreover, the pnm total for the past few years has increased by one to two hundred per year. If the estimated number of 2,000 pnms for Fall 2007 is true, how does the University accommodate so many young ladies? Will there likely be further colonization by non-represented sororities to fulfill the demand for Greek membership? The current houses on campus can only handle a finite number of actives, right? Any thoughts or comments?
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The problem at Alabama (and other Southern schools that are steeped in tradition) is that a new sorority is looked at somewhat askance. Women would rather be in no sorority at all (or a chapter with 300 women that they barely know) than the "wrong" sorority.
The NPC sororities that aren't represented there are quite aware of this and as you would imagine, very reluctant to sink hundreds of thousands of dollars into a colonization effort that may not pan out.