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Alpha Eta is a sad situation. Some other perspectives:
1. When the Chapter was reorganized around 2002 or so, previous members were allowed to affiliated. Many were still enrolled at school. Big mistake. Lesson learned here is that it is better to wait longer and start fresh than try to change a broken culture.
2. The University may have the quickest trigger finger in the country, in terms of dealing with fraternities. I've lost count of how many have been "kicked off" in the past 10 years. If we plan to do business on this campus, we're going to have to be prepared to deal with their behavior. In some circumstances, that might mean operating independently.
3. While there are tremendous Alpha Eta alumni, they are some who are significantly responsible for what has transpired in recent years. These are "know it alls" who aren't interested in input from non-Alpha Etas in the region or nationally. They've fiscally mismanaged the chapter house and have allowed property concerns to drive decisions about the chapter - a flawed strategy.
This Chapter has every resource - chapter house, alumni, school size, greek system, tradition, etc. - but somehow these knuckleheads have found a way to squander those advantages for more than a decade.
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