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Theta Chi fraternity works to re-emerge on campus
March 28, 2005
The fraternity’s biggest tagline is that it is not going to have a “frat-boy image.”
By Liala Helal
Attempting a comeback on campus after leaving five years ago, Theta Chi fraternity is recruiting members to reorganize at the University.
Mike Mayer and Nate Hibben, leadership and education consultants for the fraternity’s international headquarters, are now recruiting members for the chapter’s return.
Mayer said the fraternity is looking for male students with grade point averages at or above the all-men’s average who are leaders on campus and seek to build campus leadership and community.
He said this is because the fraternity’s biggest tagline is that it is not going to have a “frat-boy image.” The “party image” is not true of all fraternities, he said, but the media often portray it that way.
Mayer said that Theta Chi left campus in 2000 when membership was dwindling, and the Interfraternity Council board of directors, the University and the fraternity members made the decision.
It was advantageous for Theta Chi to return because of alumni support and the national president for the fraternity being an alumnus from Minnesota, Mayer said. He also said there will be several alumni on an advisory board to help the group. Mayer said he would like to also consider adding faculty members and other community members to the fraternity.
The fraternity currently has no housing plans in place.
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