Why is Rush so Cut-throat on the Sororities' End at Big Greek Schools?

[hmd1014]

Bama - a campus with a history of multiple expansion:

1922 Chi Omega and Delta Zeta
1927 Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Phi Epsilon and Kappa Kappa Gamma
1932 Alpha Phi and Sigma Kappa
1967 Alpha Omicron Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta
1981 Phi Mu and Alpha Xi Delta
1988 Gamma Phi Beta

As for the NPCs not currently represented at Bama, several of them would be recolonizations, and that is looked upon favorably by many NPCs and panhellenics alike. The NPCs not currently active but with a Bama charter are:
Alpha Xi Delta (1927-1972 & 1981-1988)
Delta Phi Epsilon (1927-1973)
Alpha Phi (1932-1968)
Sigma Kappa (1932-1995)
Delta Gamma (1947-1978)
Alpha Epsilon Phi (1948-1967)

Phi Mu has been at Bama since 1931 (it's one of the so-called Old Row sororities).

If memory serves, Sigma Kappa recolonized the same year Gamma Phi Beta first came to campus (1988); not sure when they closed the first time.

[Zillini]

Here's an update regarding possible expansion on the University of Alabama campus. I had the privellege of speaking with our NPC Area Advisor this past weekend and asked her since our Greek Advisor had been talking about it. According to her until the University can provide housing comparable to the other sororities, no group is seriously looking to expand here as it would simply be too expensive.

Personally I don't see this as being a high priority on the University's financial "To Do" list. I also suspect the University was hoping everyone would jump at the chance to come here with an open checkbook and pay for their own housing. So I'm not sure if/when it will happen, but hey you never know.