[KSigkid]

Ithakappasig:

I'm actually quite familiar with the history at many of those campuses (especially Holy Cross and Fairfield), either through my own visits, or through friends (both high school and law school) who have attended.

I'm extremely familiar with the situation at BC - again, I went to school in Boston, lived in Boston for several years afterwards, and have a large number of friends (around 20 that I can think of off the top of my head) who went to BC for undergrad. I've talked to them at great length about Greek life, and whether they think it could survive at BC. There's a great social scene at the college, and undergrads there aren't knocking down the doors to start greek organizations. (Just curious: what is the "great minority GLO presence" at BC to which you refer?)

Again...I didn't say that Greek Life would be doomed at all of the schools. I already mentioned Clarkson in my previous post, but I know that Colgate, Hamilton and others have university-supported Greek life. I never said that "all" of the schools were anti-Greek.

I'm not sure what "article 4" refers to - is that the 4th bullet point in your post?

You also don't tell me about the challenges of Greek Life at a Northeast campus. I was an EC member for two years on a campus that was not hospitable to Greek life, so I understand the challenges as well as anyone. I have attended meetings where University leadership has expressed a desire to see Greek Life "just go away." I've spent late hours in IFC and IFSC meetings trying to plan rush and other Greek activities for a student body with some hostility towards Greek Life. I know that chapters can be successful in the Northeast, and I also know the challenges that can be barriers to that success.

I would love to see the Order flourish in the Northeast and become a force at the schools you mentioned. I think, though, we have to be realistic and educated about the environments at those schools so that there can be an effective and successful chartering process at each of them. Even more importantly, we need to be chartering in places where we can see the chapter thriving for the next 5, 10, 20 years and beyond.