[DeltaBetaBaby]

They are a historically Jewish group, and on many campuses, are offering something totally different from what is offered by the groups participating in formal recruitment. They get a lot of members through Hillel, BBYO/NFTY/USY, Jewish summer camps, and so on.

Many women go through FR with the intention of only pledging a historically Jewish group, and while we generally tell PNM's not to have their hearts set on a given chapter, it is slightly different to feel that you want a historically Jewish group or nothing*. On campuses where SDT is the only historically Jewish group, they can recruit most of these women without participating in FR, so why put in the time and money?

I'm pretty sure that this is the case at Bama and UT, and they just recently started participating in FR at USCal, but on the other hand, they are a strong recruiting group on a lot of campuses, including my alma mater.

*also, it goes both ways, in that the historically Jewish groups generally have their sights on the Jewish PNM's, so it is notably different from going through recruitment swearing you will only pledge Old Row or Big 6 or something.