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Originally Posted by Titchou

Your memory is suspect. Alpha Phi, Sigma Kappa, DG, DPhiE, AZD and A E Phi all left! Theta and AOPi came but that's it's. Gamma Phi didn't come back till the 80's. We have more chapters now than ever before.

There are only two additional chapters at UofA that were not there when I attended in the late 70’s – Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi. Thus my statement regarding nearly as many then as now.


A number of chapters on your list closed, returned, and closed again. Two of the most recent closures do not remotely correspond to the historical influences of the Vietnam War and/or hippies. Your list:

• Delta Phi Epsilon 1927–1932, 1953–1973
• Alpha Xi Delta 1927–1972, 1981–1988
• Sigma Kappa 1932–1943, 1988–1995
• Alpha Epsilon Phi 1948–1967
• Delta Gamma 1947–1978, 2011–present
• Alpha Phi 1932–1963, 2008–present

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fraternities_and_sororities_at_the_Univers ity_of_Alabama

There is probably an interesting discussion to be had regarding the reasons these chapters struggled – I wonder if it has anything to do with in-state girls being reluctant to break tradition, so to speak, and pledge a chapter new to the campus. I wonder if colonizing in other areas of the country – or perhaps outside of the SEC, anyway – is as difficult. It seems to me that the increased numbers of OOS students at Bama will help new chapters.

Originally Posted by Titchou

And it was heartbreaking. You have NO idea how it felt to stand in that new house these past two weeks.

I think it is touching that your love for your chapter has come full circle. I anticipate that Delta Gamma will be very successful .

Originally Posted by Titchou

And you need to quit talking about MY chapter. I sure as heck wouldn't talk about yours - at least not here on GC.

And I think you need to 'quit talking' about her parenting.

I don’t think you realize how far more personal ridiculing and attacking a mother’s parenting is, especially during such an emotional and stressful week. However much any of us love our chapters, we love our daughters more.