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As far as I know Theta allows affiliation with an affirmative vote by the chapter the member wishes to affiliate with.
I went to a private college that literally pulled students from every corner of the country, and IIRC 40% were out of state. It was common every year to loose a few members to transfer because of being home-sick. There were several members in my pledge class that did affiliate with their new school upon moving closer to home. We enthusiastically endorsed them, as they had been good members. I believe that extrapolating that the member "is not loyal" to the original chapter is a bit of a stretch. There are many, many legitimate reasons to transfer, and this should not be held against a member.
We also had several individuals who affilated with our chapter while I was there. They were wonderful additions and one even served as an officer.
All that being said, there was a girl on our campus who went through recruitment both as a Freshman and a Sophomore (we didn't have COB) with the *sole* intention of being an XYZ... the other 9 houses were all beneath her in her mind. She was cut from XYZ both years. So... before school even started sophomore year she transferred back home and went through recruitment at the local commuter college and got a bid to their XYZ chapter.
Would you believe she showed back up on our campus junior year and tried to affiliate with our XYZs? They voted to not affiliate her.
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