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I was pleased to see some spirited discussion about the Fraternity's presence (or relative lack thereof) in the Northeast, and sorry to see it end so abruptly. Hopefully my busy law practice will allow me some time later this month to add to the discussion, as I thought all posters made some valid points, but were also mistaken with regard to some of their purported facts.
Ithakappasig [and any others who also use the word alumni incorrectly]: Please note that one person is not "an alumni". "Alumni" is plural, the plural of the masculine singular "alumnus". Brother Betz is an "alumnus", not "an alumni". He, KSigkid, and I, collectively, are "alumni". The feminine equivalents are "alumna" [singular] and "alumnae" [plural]. I can't believe that anyone went through a pledge training or pledge education period without being taught that. But I see the word "alumni" misused so often that I guess the "alumnus" - "alumni", "alumna" - "alumnae" thing is no longer part of pledge education. Too bad. It should be.
Also Ithakappasig: In your August 23rd post you listed a number of Northeast schools that you think are good expansionary objectives. I agree for the most part with your list, and could even add several other schools as well. But please note that, happily, Kappa Sigma already does have a chapter (Beta-Pi) at one school (Dickinson College) on you list. The chapter had been dormant for about five years, but was recolonized a couple of years ago, and rechartered last year. We also have dormant chapters at two other schools in your list: Syracuse and Villanova, two prominent schools at which we are conspicuous by our present absence and to which we should return as soon as possible. We had a short-lived colony at Villanova last year, but its members decided that they did not want to have to cope with all of the Fraternity's requirements for colonies, and they disassociated. We also had a large and strong interest group at Syracuse at the beginning of the last (2008-09) school year, but because Syracuse has a moratorium on fraternity expansion, the school threatened to sue the Fraternity if it recognized that group as a colony. Although the Fraternity has established colonies at several schools without formal recognition from those schools, and sometimes in open defiance of the schools' administrations, and has even chartered three such groups as chapters (Pi-Zeta at the Charlotte campus of Johnson and Wales University, Pi-Theta at Coastal Carolina University, and Pi-Kappa at Bentley College) it backed down from Syracuse and did not recognize the interest group there. Hopefully, Kappa Sigma will return to Syracuse and Villanova in the near future ... or at least before I die!
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