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Originally posted by Tippiechick
Pirepresent,
Even those of us in the "big" orgs. have chapters that close. I specifically know the pain of closing a chapter that probably will never be reopened. Just look at the Ole Miss... Let's Discuss thread for my posts on the subject.
Pain and hard times affect even those of us in large GLOs.
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Tippie,
I am sorry for expressing that the wrong way. I know it hurts when a chapter closes, especially one like Ole Miss, with lots of rich history.
What I meant was, while ZTA might never be able to come back to Ole Miss, that is due to THE CAMPUS environment, and the nature of the sorority beast in Mississippi, as was also discussed in that thread. I *highly* doubt that ZTA will ever have trouble colonizing at high profile / large campuses due to the fact that people percieve ZTA as small due to that closing. It's just a fact that ZTA is huge, and that's wonderful. I'm not putting big groups down. I WISH that for every chapter we closed down we have 40 other huge chapters with deep wonderful histories that remain open. I know it doesn't compensate for the loss. But it sure does make it hurt a little less.
As I said before, when people start believing that the number of chapters, and especially number of chapters at large, high profile campuses, is directly correlated with national strength and stability, it creates major turmoil for groups who don't have the same kind of numbers that ZTA has.