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Originally Posted by KsigAkron
Basically the fraternity system at Akron is very weak, there are 12 chapters. Right now the average chapter size is about 30, some as low as 12 members. The University has about 26,000 students, but with it being a high commuter school it only has 3% of the students in Greek Life.
We have several rivalries on campus, due to a couple members who have pledged other fraternities but quit before initiation. Also, some of the chapters on campus are worried that we are hurting recruitment for the Greek System, which we know is not true at all.
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KSAkron:
Thanks also for the somewhat informative reply regarding the Akron fraternity system.
What are the other 12 fraternities (or 11, if you were counting Kappa Sigma as one of the 12)? And which are the largest, and, more importantly, which have as few members as 12?
If there were only a set number of young men looking to join a fraternity, and a new fraternity joined the system, be it Kappa Sigma or any other fraternity, and unless that fraternity was limiting its membership to a specific group of students, such as just Agriculture or Engineering students, or just those of the Catholic or Jewish religion, then that new fraternity would have a negative effect on the pledge numbers of the other, already established fraternities. Such possible negative effect on their membership numbers is often the principal reason why established fraternities and sororities frequently oppose the expansion of the Greek system on their campuses. The argument is not without merit on some campuses where interest in the Greek system is not that strong. The counter-argument, however, and hopefully one that will apply to Kappa Sigma at the University of Akron, is that a dynamic new fraternity could bring a whole new group of young men into the Greek system who would not otherwise have been interested in joining a fraternity, who, in turn, interest their friends, thus increasing the total number of young men in fraternities on that campus, rather than simply dividing the same number of men among the previous fraternities and a new one.