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I'm 95% sure that Gamma Zeta was shut down between the years 1976-1979/1980, or at the very least was re-established in 1979/1980 as the alumni tell me. I do know that Pike occupied the house during those four years. Our house history only went as far back as 1980 when I was there, including composites, paddles, bills, rosters, etc. I think a great deal of history was lost during those four years we were shut down.
That leads me to the next question. What was the "cursed" object in the chapter house. Well there was an "incident" which occured on the POOL TABLE that lead to Gamma Zeta being closed down for that time.
The brothers have always said the pool table was cursed and brought bad luck because of what happened on it but no one ever considered throwing it out because, hey, it's a good pool table.
The office in Gamma Zeta has a room number of 1462 in memory of a brother that lost his life while sleeping in his dorm room at Umass. 1462 was his Zeta number and the brothers in turn renamed the office in tribute.
You know, if you guys are really interested in the history of Gamma Zeta, which might in turn relate to the history of LCA, I might have some free time this week to visit the Umass-Amherst archives in the Umass library. It is a massive archive and if you give me something specific to look for I may be able to locate something. Let me know any suggestions.
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