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As someone who went to high school in a Pittsburgh suburb, I can tell you that a lot of it has to do with a decline in greek life in general in the north east (especially in the burgh).

There, most frats/sororities have declined to the point where it's simply a social thing (like big parties, etc.). When I went home after pledging and told people I joined a sorority, they looked at me like I was crazy. As one person put it: "why pay money to go out and party with people when you can go to a bar for free/only pay a small cover?"

Also, DU (and all the other schools around, like Pitt, CMU, and even Carlow) are becoming increasingly difficult to get in/difficult to succeed academically. Possibly people aren't pledging b/c they feel that they can't handle their course load plus greek life??

Just a few thoughts I have on that.