How did the DePauw situation turn out?

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Monica_Seattle

Yeah, yeah, I know: God, THIS again? I guess it would just be fine and dandy to "get over it". I'm really not trying to be a rabble-rouser (or worse) here; but (1) when your sorority was the butt of late-night talk show jokes for a week straight; (2) your sorority has the reputation of dissing your freaking DELTA chapter; .

You've mentioned this twice already, (the whole "freaking DELTA chapter" thing).

Would you have felt any differently if it wasn't a single-letter chapter?

Just curious.

[Monica_Seattle]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

You've mentioned this twice already, (the whole "freaking DELTA chapter" thing).

Would you have felt any differently if it wasn't a single-letter chapter?

Just curious.

It just IMO shows how little history is actually respected. I would think that it would be a matter of pride to make sure that your oldest chapters stay active; it's an embarrassment otherwise - although granted not as much as if Alpha chapter were to close.

JMO.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Monica_Seattle

It just IMO shows how little history is actually respected. I would think that it would be a matter of pride to make sure that your oldest chapters stay active; it's an embarrassment otherwise - although granted not as much as if Alpha chapter were to close.

JMO.

It's likely they reacted the way they did because it WAS their Delta chapter and they wanted the chapter to celebrate it's centennial, hence their insistence on reopening in a very short time.

[Benzgirl]

Just what pieces I know....

DePauw enrollment has not increased much in the last 10-15 years, but the chapter size has increased. If you are still getting the same numbers going through recruitment, the big get bigger and the small get smaller.

I can't say this is the only reason the chapters have closed, but that could be part of it. I wonder if the same three chapters would have closed if there had been an imposed Chapter Total?