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I know I will fuel some flames but my take is a bit different. My biological sister was a founding sister of a colony, years ago and they too didn't have a house. And the entire 18 sorority greek system did. Right there they were "set apart" from the rest. Granted, diversity is a good thing but I don't believe being different is what some young women going through rush wants.
She has very specific opinions in her colony (they have since been chartered and received a house pretty quickly but the chapter isn't what she would call one of the best on campus.) She feels that NATIONAL errorred big time with some of the women they chose.
This could be true because think about it, if the rushees are meeting subquality women AND they don't have a house, in theory they are going to have only subquality pledges. And then those new members are now initiated and still unpolished and the cycle repeats itself at rush time.
Maybe I'm shallow but when I wanted to be in a sorority, living in the house was definitely something I wanted to do. No question. So, if I were to rush a sorority which in all likely hoood wouldn't have a house until AFTER I graduated, I wouldn't have pledged them.
Even if National chose top notch girls for her colony, not having a house really hurt them and I don't believe after more than 10 years they have fully recovered.
Personally, I could go on and on and on with how I feel colonies are at such a disadvantage right off the bat since they can only get new members AFTER rush is over (and perhaps have to "settle" for those women who didn't get their first choice, any choice, etc) which then leads to potentially self esteem problems, etc. but I won't.
I applaud ZTA closing them even though my heart goes out to those women.
I also disagree with the quality over quantity in terms of how nationals look at it. They would keep the chapter open if it was financially smart. Period. National would rather you make quota every year, retain those girls for 4 years than to have half quota of only cheerleaders and homecoming queens.
Again, I don't mean to be argumentative but I think in the long run it's better for the KU chapter of ZTA to be shut down for now.
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