I am a Sewanee Sorority girl...i just saw this post...i thought i might be able to clear up a few misconceptions...I am in one of the younger loclas on the mountain...we did discuss the possibility of going national, but did not see any benefits that would outweigh the benefits of being local...Most of the fraternities are national because they have been around for a long time...women were first admitted to the university in 1969...the first sorority was founded in the mid to late 70's...Some of our fraternities are local, in fact one of our locals, was formally national...as to us chosing names to fit with a national, that is not true...with ATZ, their motto is to have a diverse group...girls from "a to z"...others were choosen because those were letters not used by other orgs...we are open to an extension coming to campus, but it is more likely that groups will start fresh and not be a local going national...we also are in the process of getting houses...currently there are three houses owned by the university which are shared by the seven sororites...we are in the process of raising money to afford the houses, but it is a slow process...the school is in full support of our local groups and in fact encouraged two groups of women in 1999 to start their own organizations...a small group of girls is looking into nationals and we were visited by three nationals last semester...it is possible that one will be one campus, but none of the locals are seriously looking to go national at this time...it is not that we can't have them, we chose not to...please let me know if you have any other questions
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