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Originally Posted by kk_bama
A difference in a new chapter making it? No. The culture at UA is that tradition is key, and tradition = older. So a new chapter is always fighting an uphill battle. SK and GPhiB were faced with this in 1988, and only GPhiB survived. How GPhiB has thrived to this point? I don't know the exact recipe, but I know having members who are very involved in campus activities, who reach out to other Greeks, and who embrace UA's tradition, along with Internationals firmly backing the chapter, has helped.
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I think the recipe that GPhiB followed was perfect. Really, any new chapter at any school should follow that and of course at the Southern schools more so than others. I think having members who are involved with other aspects of the University and Community are huge as well. I would also gather having strong chapters at other SEC schools helps out as well. I also think having colony members who are strong already on campus helps out as well. Those upper classmen they pick for the colony who are already in Student Body, Athletics, Cheer, Honor Clubs, etc can really help form a chapter's identity early on.
But that's just what I think!