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the year i was a rush counselor
at fsu, aopi tried to recolonize. they had a handful of members on campus(1978) and still had their lovely home. my rush group was combined with another one, so that the combined group was quite large . at the aopi house, the members had to take between 7 and 10 rushees each and that makes it quite ackward for both the sorority members and the rushees. the a o pi's were such nice girls, but they were overwhelmed. i always wondered if they would have been more successful if another a o pi chapter had been able to come and help them with rush. they closed later that year. also, remember at that time period greek life was still recovering from the anti-establishment feelings of the hippie era, membership numbers were down and fsu lost several sororities and fraternities at that time.
i never heard the witchcraft rumor so that undoubtably came about after 1979 AND after the chapter had closed(unless there was another attempt to re-colonize after 1979).
housing will be a hurdle for the new group to overcome,as the sororities are located in the older part of campus and theuniversity is trying to buy up any real estate in that area. that being said, some of the fraternities currently residing in sorority houses will be moving to greekpark so maybe those sorority houses will be available. the fraternity houses located down the street from my house needed to be demolished during my time at florida state and would certainly not be a good home to a sorority. there is the new greekpark(i can't remember the name of the road either!) but as far as i have heard, only fraternities are building there. a lone sorority going in there would have a difficult time. sorry boys, but fraternities don't make the quitest of neighbors!
i think it is exciting that a new group may be coming on campus. i wish them all the best and hope that some tallahassee lassie will keep us posted. lisa
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