[Tippiechick]

I think it is entirely possible that a new group could have success. (Take Theta, for instance...)

There are alums from those old groups that left campus. There are also alums from the groups that were there when other groups left. These alums are the same ones sending their daughters, granddaughters, etc. to join traditionally "Mississippi" chapters (Tri-Delta, ChiO, DG, Kappa, etc.) They are the ones that still tell stories about the GLOs that left, even if it was years ago.


I can remember as a PNM, I heard about the ADPis that had to leave campus. I heard how (so-called) awful they were. And, that had been years since they went off-campus. I can also remember going through rush and hearing other PNMs talk about how their mothers had told them to stay away from ZTA. I remember hearing from one GLO member in particular how ZTA was "about to be shut down" and how we should drop them as fast as we could.

I remember being told by one GLO member that they couldn't wait for us to leave so that they could demolish our house and build a sunroom onto their house.

I am not singleing any GLO out. We left b/c of numbers. But, having PNMs come through COB and tell us they had doubts about joining b/c people had told them we were being kicked off campus didn't help either. (This went on for about two to three years before we actually left...)

I think the best shot would be a group with alum support. But, they would do best (IMHO) if they have never been on campus before. This would dispell most of the bad rep problem, I think.


Edited b/c this topic still touches a raw nerve and it makes it hard to clearly articulate my thoughts.