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Expanding our system
BSU-Phi Sig...your excellent analysis, as fits your campus, is a well-thought-out presentation. SIU, Edwardsville, for example, is one of those extension schools, commuter-historically, that
we have tried to "fit" into. It will never have a system like, say, the
Washington U (private school) or even Truman State (an overhauled teachers' college). You will experience a somewhat
neighbor hostitly as your house, if you have one, will be smack-
dab in the middle of a residential area. The drawing-power of your chapter will have to be oriented differently than the typical
GLO chapter, and each school will be different.
HOWEVER, you can still offer a good fraternity experience, love
your brothers and cherish the opportunity, for the college will not
give a rat's ass much more than offering a drive-thru, fast food- type education...no offense intended, that is simply how it is.
BUT...you can encourage the formation of locals, and they in turn
can petition the poobahs for recognition. You need not wait for the roast duck to drop from the sky. The college administrators will not help you and that is not their "job."
SO, take the reins yourselves. Hug your advisors, they have a very thankless job, and get busy.
The experience of building a custom-made system will give you a step up on leadership when you get out.
Fraternity is for life...drink from the flagon of the greatest youth movement ever...you will savor it always. Now-- GET BUSY!
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