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Originally Posted by Sugarrush
I came across this forum while checking to see if UF's Alpha Xi Delta chapter ever recolonized.
I was one of the sister's who was initiated to find out a semester later the chapter was in trouble. Our sorority house was not paid off and there were not enough sisters to maintain the bills coming in. There was hope that if we increased our recruitment efforts we'd be able to pull through. Unfortunately, by the time we were aware of the financial situation any efforts we made were just not enough to make up for the lack of membership for prior years. I'm sure I speak for my fellow sisters in saying the closing of our chapter was a very sad experience and those who were only a part of our sisterhood for a semester or two of their collegiate experience felt robbed.
I look back years later and am grateful for the wonderful sisters and life long friends I made that year, but I have to say honestly the way our situation was handled left a sour taste in my mouth. You only get to join one sorority and have one collegiate experience.
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I am not an Alpha Xi, nor do I know about the whole UF issue, but it's sad to say this happens more often than you might think to all NPCs. I think that sister/new members probably would also have the same sentiments that you had about how it was handled, but there is no easy way to tell sisters of just a few months that the chapter is being closed because of the financial strain.
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