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Originally posted by RACooper
Actually Tom I guess UofT is a little different then....
Historically at least 2/3 of the pro. fac. GLO had houses (my old doctor lived in one even). At one point the University of Toronto was 1/3 greek, and membership in a GLO was a matter of pride. The competition was enough to support 3 medical frats, 2 nursing sororities, 3 law frats, 3 dentistry frats, 2 dentistry sororities, and 2 pharmacology frats on top of the many social GLOs. Everyone owned property (LCA was at this point the furtherest from campus). When UofT severed it's ties to GLOs it went on a buying/appropriation spree.... as it expanded or created new colleges, libraries or classrooms the GLOs were bought-out or their property appropriated. Some benifited from the sales (Zeta Psi comes to mind.... they upgraded very nicely), but most did not survive this period (1965-1975).
For example one pro. fac. did survive from this time: Xi Psi Chi(?) which is a dentistry GLO. They formed from the merger of a dental fraternity and a dental sorority that were neighboors before UofT severed it's ties..... and they still own a house (2 doors down from DKE on Lowther), and they do have the occasional invite only events.
Now Xi Psi Chi isn't recognized, but this new co-ed pro. fac. is? They have existed for decades at UofT, the own property, they have a strong alumni base, and they have alumni as members of the faculty..... the question still remains over why they don't have recognition but this new group does.
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As much as I hate to say it, it might be because Alpha Lambda Theta (Alternative) is recognized because it states in their description that it is multi cultural, while Xi Psi Chi (why so many "i" sounding letters?????) is a "traditional" professional frat? Perhaps Xi Psi Chi had, at one point the issue of the NPC that turned down the black girl? I dunno....Maybe the professional organizations should throw together something like "Sororities at U of T" or something. Ah well, I'm not really all that connected with my school!!!