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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
Liz, I know you're on campus and I'm not, but it's not true that the girls can't indicate their affiliiation. They're still allowed to wear their Quills, etc.
While I was saddened by the closing, most of us alums weren't shocked. When I was in school, we were expecting DU to fold at any moment from lack of numbers, but DU is "protected" as one of the original seven chapters of their fraternity. I'm watching Sammy suffer from low numbers now, and crossing my fingers for them.
As for us alums, we've been expecting to hear something like this from Nationals for a while, frankly. We were initially surprised, yes, when we heard they were closing the chapter (the bearers of the news didn't mention the recolonization), but once we heard that Nationals was eager to recolonize next spring, we were relieved. It's sad to see "our" chapter end, but if recolonizing means more women will be introduced to the great things AXD has to offer, then I'm all for it.
Don't think that if Zeta Upsilon ever gets that small, A Chi O won't do the same to you. I sure hope it doesn't, because CWRU's sorority system is small as it is, and it can't afford to lose any chapters. But national sororities won't keep a chapter active that can't compete with the others on campus in terms of numbers. Whether we like it or not, that's the way the system works.
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I might be wrong, but from what I was told by one of the now-alums, they were asked not to wear their letters, etc. around campus. I was assuming that was the case since she told me directly, and their sisters were always visible on campus until they went alum, so I took it to be true considering it was such a drastic change. If I was wrong, I apologize.
As for our surprise, the campus was surprised at the timing considering they had just initiated new girls. I've lurked around GreekChat long enough to know this has happened before, and it happened at our chapter at UC this year. The only difference is they aren't recolonizing right away as far as I know, but I was the first to explain to my sisters that this happens all the time.
Sammy will also be recolonizing, however according to the brothers I know, they can still remain active in the process, so it sounds like their nationals will just be stepping in and running rush for them, although I could be mistaken. That's just what they told me.
Anyhow, sorry to have intruded on your forum, I just wanted to indicate that we're all in support of the new alums and all the future new members of your organization, but if I shouldn't have done so, I apologize again.
Liz