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Originally Posted by IrishLake
I didn't know that! Hubby has 2 cousins who were in one of the Locals at Capital (the one that goes by "Zetas" though they arent' ZTA). I wonder how they feel about that and if there will be options for alum? One of them served in a VP capacity, I'll have to ask her at Thanksgiving. I'm trying to think of Ohio colleges that have local-only greek life now. I know Otterbein and Heidelberg. Any others? Hiram maybe?
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As far as I'm aware, there has never been a national (NPC) sorority at Otterbein. The boys, however, are a different story.
There was at one time, Alpha Tau Omega (who apparently lived in the house next to my sorority, which was the com building but is now security, and it was a fantastic house!) but I believe they were disbanded (or kicked out by the university) for some reason. Alpha Sigma Phi is currently on campus, and in recent years have been winning many Greek awards. I don't know what the conditions are now, but Alpha Sig was smaller when I pledged, but by the time I graduated was on par with the rest of the fraternities, if not bigger. They seem to be thriving, but I'm sure that it is a challenge to be the only national in a local campus. As far as I know, they were formed from an interest group, not from taking over another fraternity, but I can't be 100% sure.
I get kind of nervous when I see other schools transitioning their systems to NPCs, especially Capital (Otterbein's big rival). I know that local greek life has its own issues (so do national greeks), but I think it is the uniqueness of it that really pulled me in. We have wacky, silly, ridiculous traditions, some that reach way back to our 1921 founding, some that are from our re-founding in the 80's, and it makes it a fascinating organization to be part of. One group on campus celebrated 100 years this homecoming! That's an old local!
I think that it helps that the Greek alum disproportionally support the school in comparison with other sections of the graduate population...I think that if there was an ultimatum put forward, that there would be hell to pay...at least I would hope so. It's a weird little world up there in Westerville, and I really hope it stays that way. The school has been doing a lot of big things lately, transitioning to a University, and then transitioning to semesters soon. I think that change is healthy and good for a college, but I hope things don't change too much.
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Why is it that OH is such a hotbed of locals?