Ok...where would you like to see Alpha Phi colonize?

[oceanphi01]

More schools in Florida would be a definite plus.

[lauralaylin]

As I'm moving to Charlotte, any college around there. The closest is over two hours away, I don't know what I'm going to do!

ETA
I had no idea I'd written almost the same thing over a year ago! Oops!

I am now still holding out for

U of arkansas

would be real nice to have one either at Uc riverside or Cal Poly Pomona and at UNLV

[TSteven]

Originally posted by oceanphi01
I would love to see Alpha Phi at:

*any school in Kentucky....namely Georgetown College

Pardon the crash. Zeta Zeta Chapter was chartered at Murray State University (Kentucky) in 1977 or '78. I'm not sure when they closed (late 1980s?) but they took that campus by storm when they came on.

[lauralaylin]

I would love to see us at UVM. I just got back from Burlington, and it's my favorite city ever. Granted, it's spring and there isn't 5 feet of snow on the ground, so it's easier to love. But the city is right next to campus, and the lake it right next to the city. It's really small but has a ton of nice restaurants and shopping, and it seems like a great place to go to school. I'd drive the 3+ hours there once a week to help us colonize! Since the campus just lost a sorority, maybe they'll open up soon. I'm crossing my fingers!

[Sistermadly]

Originally posted by yogiPhi
What about Canada????
Couldn't we colonize at U of A?

Actually, I'd love to see another chapter in Canada too, preferably one that's relatively close to the women at UBC. I know there's a local at U of Alberta that calls themselves "Alpha Psi" - all they'd have to do is change one letter!

[Aphigal]

Our chapter at Plattsburgh was a local called Alpha Psi...

[MissOh2Cute]

Originally posted by aphibeach
i would like to see Alpha Phi recolonize at UNCW.....we're promised a spot right now but there's been some shadiness going on and i'm afraid something is going to happen and we wont have the chance

also, i would like to see Alpha Phi colonized at Elon, UNC, and UNCC

When I went to our Regional Conference (Southeast!!) in February, I was so sad to learn about UNCW.

I want to see us grow in the South! Even if its only in NC.....does anyone know what opportunities we have available to us right now other than Oklahoma?

[Erik P Conard]

A Phi still has a good rep in Kansas. When I was at KU the Phis
had a new house, they were a good chapter, lots of girls, fun ones to exchange and date. Then I heard they were gone, quite
a shock. YES, hell yes, oughta be back.
K-State, I'd think, would welcome Alpha Phi, just need a spark plug and there oughta be a lot of Topeka alums, perhaps Wichita
who would help. K-State has a GREAT greek system and there is
no reason Alpha Phi is not present...Go for it...now!
Fort Hays...The nat' pres of Sig Ep is the CEO there and a nat'l
officer of TKE is dean; men's groups are SAE, TKE, Sig Chi; no reason why the Phis could not have a good chapter there, they'd
be a goodie. Hays is an oasis in western Kansas.
And Emporia is a goodie, too, with Chi O & Tri Sigma & Alpha Sig
powerhouses, need competition...
Finally, K-State at Salina, a new campus, now open for greeks.
Alpha Phi...get busy!
While we are at it, Pittsburg State is ripe for a sorority rejuvenation.
So, KU, K-State, Emporia, Hays, Pittsburg, Manhattan, Salina.
Like I said: "Get busy" Old TKE field rep '57-60 still active...

[a CA in CA]

Originally posted by Erik P Conard
Hays is an oasis in western Kansas.

Ooooh, now I'm a little homesick for Hays. It IS an oasis out there.

I don't remember K-State in Salina being much more than a really sad little satellite campus on the west side of town with a few aeronautics classes. Of course that was "a while" ago. Has that changed???

[gogoaphi]

Salina is SUCH a dump, if you ask me! I would stay the heck away from Emporia too. K-State is a great suggestion and it would be terrific to be part of such a great greek tradition. Of course, going back to KU should be on the list!

[a CA in CA]

Hey there girlie, I used to live in that dump!

Seriously though, I'm just curious to hear that there is anything in Salina for a campus as there sure wasn't in the past and there didn't seem to be any intention of building the campus beyond the barns out on the way to the airport. The town struggled just to build it's juco presence, I can't even imagine a state school growing there.

Excuse me now while I go click the heels of my ruby slippers!

[Erik P Conard]

A CA in CA refers to Salina as not having any campus or so I
understood. Well, Kansas Wesleyan has been there a hundred
years. I do not know of any "juco" there. Marymount College,
a private Catholic school, folded a few years back. The vacating
of the Smoky Hill Air Force Base provided the "campus" for the
K-State entry, presumably to offer an aeronautical curriculum. This was a sneaky move by KSU to inch into Salina, as they began
to offer a few 'here and there' courses, gradually increasing the
numbers...then Phi Delta Theta and one other NIC outfit entered
the campus, well-publicized, and housed...It is now a full-fledged
operation. I think the Vo Tech operation is still in place, too.
Many of us were shocked at K-State's move, but then we are not
in control...it is paradoxical that Kansas is adding even MORE 4
year institutions, lord only knows there are plenty of jucos, now
called "community colleges." I base this knowledge on having been a dean at one of these (6 years) and a PhD dissertation on
Kansas colleges. Salina is the 3rd or 4th largest town, and I've
never heard of it as a "dump," I am a 5th generation Kansan.
Anyhow, good luck, Phis! Erik P Conard, TKE alum, Denver

[gogoaphi]

I'm multi-generational Kansan as well and I also lived in Salina for a few years. Being one of the larger towns in KS is no real accomplishment. In my opinion, it is a dump. (no offense CA in CA ... Wichita is not a whole lot better and that's where I grew up)

Extension resources should never be wasted on such a small opportunity. K-State and KU are the only Kansas schools left that deserve more attention from a large org like A-Phi. Even then, KS schools likely don't rank as high in terms of opportunity when compared to other regions of the country. Nonetheless ... I would be proud to be back at KU and K-State would be a nice option.

[a CA in CA]

Originally posted by Erik P Conard
Kansas Wesleyan has been there a hundred
years.

Indeed, Wesleyan has been there, I just didn't mention them as, well for better or worse which I'm not out to debate, the Wesleyan schools draw a different student seeking a different purpose and education than state schools or even the Jesuit schools where I personally am more familiar with GLO success.

Oh, and I had to google for the juco I was trying to remember. I *think* it was Brown Mackie in Salina. Sounds right anyway. I just have memories of them struggling to grow in a town where there was little room to do so at the time. They were looking at converting an old run down flea bag hotel just off the main drag downtown into pseudo dormitory living space for their students. I have no idea if it ever flew but it was the most god-awful thing I had heard of given what their options were.

Anyway, that dump, pit, and maybe even the flea bag hotel (ok, not the flea bag hotel) will always have a soft spot in my heart because it was home, for a while anyway. There's no place like home! Especially when you can't get a Sonic Burger, tots, and a cherry limeade in California to save your soul.