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I would like to respond to DU Greek. I started this chat because I had been hearing from my sisters that all is not well at Duquesne. My intention was to see if others were feeling the same way and it is apparent I struck a chord with others out there. Not only did alum check out this site but so did collegiates.
I will try to respond to you Craig the very best way I know how and go point by point with you. We certainly can agree to disagree.
I do not live in Pittsburgh. I live and work in New York. Many of my sisters log on to this site to talk about different things from helping each other locate jobs to talking about how much fun we had while we were undergraduates at Duquesne.
I will speak first to the idea of "locals" vs. "nationals." You are correct that most of Duquesne's chapters are national. However, I would remind you that Gamma Phi is not a national fraternity..it is, in fact, local. Why have they been permitted to stay when others were asked to leave. Do they hold insurance, as you suggest, that is different from the Betas, or Kappa Sigma Phi?
Housing: Housing was an issue even when I graduated a little over four years ago. What I have been told, and you are certainly willing to disagree, is that the housing in Towers is now becoming freshman and sophomore as DU has grown. What is the population of juniors and seniors vs. freshman and sophomore in Towers? My parents made me move out in my junior year because FAFSA and other loans were not available to me to pay for housing. I had no choice..my parents couldn't pay anymore. I was able to split the cost of living on the southside with my friends for a fraction of what DU was asking for housing.
I was never made aware that DU paid for half of everything when it came to our wing. My sisters have told me that they were asked to pitch in thousands of dollars for improvements to our wing...did DU pay thousands of dollars as their half of was it just up to $1,000.00. Was there any contract, signed by DU to our chapter that stated we would be paying thousands of dollars more?
I cannot answer your questions regarding alumni and how much they give. My parents could not afford to go to college and we are not native to Pittsburgh. You will have to take that up with Red Rover.
I do not know the new head of Greek Life...only through emails with my collegiate sisters. They feel immense pressure to try and do things from service, to other things while trying to do their school work. Maybe GLO should back off of some of the projects and pick just a few as a compromise.
I do think that meetings should be held where anyone who has responded to this site can come and meet with you.
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