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I will be attending the forum on Thursday night. I know several people that are attending this evening.

A few facts:

Tri-Sigma and Sigma Kappa were not forced off campus. They voluntarily closed their houses due to financial and membership considerations. They both own their houses and lease to fraternities at this time. There is no final word on which fraternities will be moving to the new housing area, but the word on the street is that only the fraternities will be moving there, not the sororities.

Gamma Lambda did petition for associate membership in PH a few years ago, as preparation for their request to expand, but were voted down. This October, PH voted to expand the campus independent of Gamma Lambda's request.

My personal opinion is that a historically inclusive or non-sectarian fraternity (such as AOII, SDT, AEPhi or DPhiE) would be a good fit for the FSU campus.

I know that AOII has over 100 alumnae in the area. SDT, DPhiE and AEPhi have very few or no alumnae in Tallahassee. There are smaller, yet good sized, alumnae chapters for Tri-Sigma, Sigma Kappa, AXiD and APhi.

In addition to Gamma Lambda there is another local on campus, Delta Zeta Nu. There are also 2 multicultural and 1 Latina sorority and 1 Asian-American sorority on campus. There is obviously a need for a group that is historically more inclusive. I don't think that the "Jewish" sororities need to be filled with Jewish girls. On some campuses with those groups, very few of the members are Jewish in that chapter.

I urge everyone here to keep an open mind, do not spread rumors and be supportive of the expansion process as a whole.

Edited to clarify the alumnae statement.