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I think UCLA has reopened and closed more times than bars that get busted for serving minors. I think this is about the 3rd time I've heard the cycle repeat itself since the mid-90s.

I passed by the UCSB house back in 1998, but it was summer so I didn't stop since there was probably no one there. I'm guessing they'll be in a different house now.

The campus at UTEP always seemed to lose fraternities too. It seemed like many of them were fly-by-night groups that came on strong for a semester with a huge blanket rush then were gone soon after.

When I was a freshman there was Lambda Chi, Kappa Sig and SAE... that's it. Over the next 5 years the campus had added Phi Tau, SigEp, TKE and AKL.

Phi Tau came and went after about a year. Nice guys, but no real campus presence.

Kappa Sig was kicked off in 1998 due to an enormous debt and other issues. I hear they came back a few years ago, but are one of those blanket rush types now.

SAE went from the biggest on campus with BY FAR the strongest alumni base to nothing at all. Two brothers were named in a rape at a party in Albuquerque and after that all of the other members disappeared like rats abandoning a sinking ship. It really was the end of an era.

SigEp crumbled hard. They really fell apart after many members were upset about a guy who had previously been kicked out was allowed back in due to lack of membership.

TKE had a bunch of guys for about 1 year who always wanted to fight everyone. They were kicked off quickly and their membership went from 60 to 0 faster than a burning car.

I have no idea whatever happened to AKL, they stuck around but never were all that big. I have no idea if they're still on campus or not.

In that time the campus also lost Chi Omega due to lack of membership, another organization with a long history that disappeared.

I don't know who has been added or subtracted lately though. I'm sure there has to be more than a few fraternaties left with the ones that were added.