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UCF boasts some of those larger sorority chapters, and I feel our Greek System and chapters share a kinship and closeness that other more "typical sized" chapters or Greek Systems do not.
Erik, I can understand where you are coming from, because you haven't experienced collegiate membership in a large chapter, or in a sorority, for that matter... but while I appreciate your perspective on general Greek history and current events, I don't appreciate an uninformed opinion on chapter size and its effect on perceived "brotherhood" and "sisterhood." I don't expect an apology, but I regard you as an intelligent person. I encourage you to consider the life of today's college student at a large university with a high emphasis on Greek Life and to look at all the current sorority programming that emphasizes leadership, delegation and acclimation to chapter life-- these accomodate chapters large and small.
Having come from a large chapter of nearly 200, and working with chapters whose numbers range in the 50's, I can tell you that the spirit of teamwork, morale and friendship ran very high in my large chapter, and was a huge motivating force in my collegiate life to do good and be my best.
ETA: This is not to say that smaller chapters do not share special bonds, and closeness, but I find no merit to the arguement that larger chapters don't have strong "sisterhood" and "brotherhood."
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