okay,
I hate computers........
What I meant to reply with was the list that you see above, which is a list of Alfred University contacts. As for contacting the local chapter of Lambda, there should be some information off the unversity website...
www.alfred.edu
As for the prohibiting of wearing letters, I don't think the University has any grounds for that. I can wear anything I want to. Our concern has been that the University will want the Greeks gone completely..... meaning even off campus organizations would cease to exist.
If we own our houses, which most of us do, and the University has no money invested into it, I don't see how they can have any control over it. The problem comes with the cooperation between the town of Alfred and the University. The town has had an ordinance for quite some time that no more Greek letters may be posted any more. If you had letters up, you could leave them, but no more may be posted. This effectively means that any new chapters coming to campus, such as the DZ chapter, even if they had a house, could not post letters. We probably will have to take down our letters regardless of the University's decision. However, this doesn't mean that we won't still try to make a go of it.
I think ultimately we need to see what comes down the line. I am sure the University has not even considered the possibility that we may want to still exist, such has occured on other campuses. This is a suggestion that we got from a trustee member:
"Encourage the current sisters to present a plan to the VP of
Student Affairs that would incorporate the following issues:
1) a request for current sisters living in the house to continue to do so until a time they specify
2) a financial statement of the sisterhood's health and ability to keep the house for the period they define
3) a statement or pledge that they will abide by the University's regulations, signed by each sister
4) identify an organization that they would like to work with to ensure the house will stay in "good hands"
5) a request to archive historical documents and placques through Herrick " (our library)
This sounds to me like they want to phase out the system. These "defined periods of time", would suggest as much. We are working to join with other houses in presenting a united front and come up with a plan.
As for joing with the state organizations, which someone suggested before....I don't know.... none of them are the same. It's a pretty small town, and there isn't much of an option for the locals anyway. I think our best bet right now is because so many of us own our houses. That at least is a starting point.
Any suggestions are more than welcome.....