[archangel689]

I don't think it matters when the last national group was formed. And I don't think there haven't been attempts to form new national groups, I just think here have been many failures. Check out the locals forum, I am sure there is talk about going national and trying to establish beta chapters. Founding a chapter is damn hard enough, I know first-hand. Founding a national is probably so hard, it's near impossible and this will just make it harder.

My point is that if there are any groups attempting to go national, they will be killed if this effort to force locals to affiliate with nationals becomes common place with universities across the country.

In addition you are quite possibly killing off hundred years of traditions and ritual and who knows what else by forcing these groups to affiliate with nationals.

Please also understand that I am arguing this on a broad level. I'm not saying that locals going national will not, in this singular case at hand, benifit them and the university. I simply think that locals being forced to take on national affiliation just because they are locals is terrible.