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UMass Amherst:
TKE closed in the 80's? from low membership
PKA was closed by the school 3 years ago in the midst of a scandal involving a rape in their house. (The rapist wasn't a brother, but it happened in the middle of a party.)
Delta Chi was closed by their national after the town caught them essentially running an illegal bar in their basement.
Phi Mu Delta was just closed by their national- low membership, financial problems, and just stupid behavior- I know there was a fair degree of cocaine usage in the house.
Theta Chi just recolonized, their third try. The last one was in 1994?, and the colony was closed within six months for hazing. Good luck to the new set, I say, but I'm afraid of bad karma overtaking them.
SAE closed in the 50's, recolonized, and closed again in the early 80's, both times from low membership.
I'm giving ten to one odds that Delta Sig will close next year- too bad, too, they're nice guys, but they haven't been recruiting well, and they've gotten so low they can't afford a house next year. The chapter is only five or six years old, too.
Alpha Sig closed in the 50's, from low membership. Same with Kappa Alpha Theta- their house is the new career center, way too bad, it's an awesome building.
Sigma Sigma Sigma closed a few years ago from low membership, but there's a rumor that they're going to colonize next year or the year after. Good thing too, we don't have enough sororities- 15 men's groups and 8 women's groups is way too one sided.
Honestly, I think a good thrashing out of who's closed where and why is a good thing- because it scares the living crap out of undergrads. It's always one of two things- low membership (usually resulting from apathy), or a really horrific event.
I will balance my horror stories with the good side- our SigEp chapter has been here forever, in the same house, and is incredibly strong. (And I HATE them for it- Woody Allen put it so well- "Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.") Phi Sigma Kappa's Alpha chapter is still on campus, in the house they've been in as long as anyone can remember. Alpha Tau Gamma, a local, has been there more than a hundred years continuously, and our local sorority, Iota Gamma Upsilon, just celebrated 40. AEPi and Sammy are strong, we have a new colony of Sigma Tau Gamma. Oh, and naturally, Omega Delta kicks much a**- goota cheer for the home team.
And you know what all the good, surviving chapters have? Good alumni, well-kept facilities, and undergrads who know exactly how thin the line between open and closed is for a GLO these days. There, that's my rant.
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