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Originally Posted by pbear19
There are SO many Phi chapter alumnae in St. Louis who would really, really love for that to happen, and for that chapter this time to be Gamma Phi. But even if that doesn't happen, I'm thrilled for all the WUSTL students who have been able to experience such an invigorated greek system in recent years. So different from what it has been in the past!
Oh, and for AOII Angel, thank you for your hard work on that list! Not to be nitpicky, but University of Missouri's nickname is with two Zs, not Ss. So it's Mizzou.  |
While I'm not a panhel insider by any means, pledge classes have been growing pretty steadily from what I've gleaned from chapter/panhell sisters. We were actually told to expect a smaller pledge class last year and were pleasently surprised when we ended up getting one that was one person larger than my pledge class (spring '12). What's interesting is that, doing the math with a friend the other day, we realized that approximately HALF of all freshmen girls go through recruitment. Given that WashU is not known as being a particularly Greek school, this totally floored us. If the interest in Greek life continues at this pace, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if another chapter was added this decade.
And I have to say, I would kind of want to root for Gamma Phi Beta. My best friend from home is a Gamma Phi, and I can understand how special it would be to recolonize a single-letter chapter. My only concern would be where another chapter would have their suite. The Women's Building is full to burst and they already had to kick someone out of a suite I believe in order to free one up for Kappa Delta (there were one or two non-sorority organizations with suites so one of those had to leave). Which suite was Gamma Phi in when you were there? I think we're in the old Alpha Chi Omega suite, next to Alpha Phi's on the back side of the building, but I'm not positive.
(And just a fun thing for anyone intersted: my chapter is about to celebrate its 100th year since its charter, the second one on campus with Pi Phi's Missouri Beta centennial in 2007. Again, while I never seriously think of WashU as a Greek-heavy school, it certianly has quite the history!)