New Sorority on Campus?

SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi · #1 03-19-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by irishpipes

The closed chapters at U of I are:

Alpha Xi Delta (1905-? and 1983-1990ish)

Alpha Xi Delta's Kappa chapter was at U of I from 1905-1995 with a successful turnaround recolonization in 1980. I know we were at 150+ members in 1987 but then took a slide around 1990 and couldn't recover. We would LOVE to be back at U of I -- our members in Illinois are absolutely thrilled about this opportunity and all fingers are crossed!!

irishpipes · #2 03-19-2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi

Alpha Xi Delta's Kappa chapter was at U of I from 1905-1995 with a successful turnaround recolonization in 1980. I know we were at 150+ members in 1987 but then took a slide around 1990 and couldn't recover. We would LOVE to be back at U of I -- our members in Illinois are absolutely thrilled about this opportunity and all fingers are crossed!!

Were you at U of I in 1987? That's when I rushed.

SoProud2BeAnAlphaXi · #3 03-19-2007, 03:36 PM

Nope, I'm not a U of I alum, but my cousins all were hitting U of I starting about then (I still remember SO clearly when my aunt became Mrs. Active Officer in the Parents Club about 2 minutes after my first cousin went "away" to school ... he was very understanding about it, at least publicly). My dad's a Delta Sigma Phi from U of I, one cousin is a Delta Tau Delta ('85ish), his wife (and my dear friend) is an Alpha Gam ('87ish), and my other cousin is a Delta Zeta (also '87ish) -- all U of I. I'm just about the only one in my family who didn't go to U of I, and it's probably only because my leg of the family had left the state by then.

PM me if you want to compare names!!

FSUZeta · #4 03-19-2007, 09:16 PM

i looked over the grades report . it seems most chapters are comparable in size. i mean, when one chapter is around 180 and another is at 150, will a pnm at a recruitment party really notice that one has 30 less members than the other?

i did only see one npc sorority that had low numbers-did i just miss seeing the other one? i believe that orangejuice mentioned 2.

DeltaBetaBaby · #5 03-19-2007, 11:03 PM

PM me if you really need to know that badly.

Drolefille · #6 03-20-2007, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i looked over the grades report . it seems most chapters are comparable in size. i mean, when one chapter is around 180 and another is at 150, will a pnm at a recruitment party really notice that one has 30 less members than the other?

i did only see one npc sorority that had low numbers-did i just miss seeing the other one? i believe that orangejuice mentioned 2.

If you look again it's rather clear. They're still a good size in my eyes, just not particularly for this campus.

agzg · #7 03-20-2007, 12:31 AM

The fact that there are 19 sororities on that campus boggles my mind! Coming from a campus where there are 5 chapters, with 40 members being total, and houses that never housed more than 11 members at a time... wow!

Sometimes I wish I'd gone to a bigger school... I stayed at the KKG house at Pitt earlier this semseter when my friend (the house director) had to go away for the weekend and I still couldn't believe that they had a live-in, non-member house director! Or that they required someone to be there in case of emergency! It definitely would have been nice to have when I was in undergrad.

OrangeJuice · #8 04-08-2007, 10:41 PM

Houses selected to give presentations were alpha xi delta, tri sigma and AST. They gave presentations last Thursday.

irishpipes · #9 03-20-2007, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i looked over the grades report . it seems most chapters are comparable in size. i mean, when one chapter is around 180 and another is at 150, will a pnm at a recruitment party really notice that one has 30 less members than the other?

Another thing to consider is the culture at U of I. Sophomores make up a lot of the pool of PNMs. Most chapters pledge a lot of sophomores, even the occasional junior. This can affect graduation/retention rates, and that is one reason why the perfectly acceptable chapter size is more of a range of maybe 150-180 rather than a more consistent number.

ZTAngel · #10 03-20-2007, 10:57 AM

Any word on which groups were chose to present and when presentations will be made?

FSUZeta · #11 03-20-2007, 05:09 PM

hope i did not offend anyone with my question. that was certainly not my intent!!

i thought that perhaps the op had mistakenly thought that one of the non-npc sororities was actually an npc sorority. i was looking for numbers below 50.

i really did not mean to hurt anyone's feelings.

OrangeJuice · #12 05-01-2007, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i looked over the grades report . it seems most chapters are comparable in size. i mean, when one chapter is around 180 and another is at 150, will a pnm at a recruitment party really notice that one has 30 less members than the other?

i did only see one npc sorority that had low numbers-did i just miss seeing the other one? i believe that orangejuice mentioned 2.

Hi!
Well, the one you are referring to chooses not to participate in formal recruitment. For most people, that one is sort of off the radaar, honestly. I was referring to two others that do.