Three Sororities Selected to Present at Northwestern

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by jessXIca

it's so bizarre to think of sororities that are strong at my school as being weak somewhere else

Keep in mind that Northwestern is in Illinois, not the South. Many of the strong "southern" sororities don't have the same foothold up North. That isn't to say they don't have any successful northern chapters, but they don't enjoy the same identity/advantage that they tend to have in the South. I have a lot of respect for ZTA, but they only have 1 open chapter in Illinois, and 5 closed ones - same as Alpha Xi Delta. SDT has 3 open versus 2 closed. I'm not saying that to be disrespectful or to lobby for one over another, just pointing out that the playing field is probably more even than the ZTA president's comments would lead one to believe. For all 3 groups this would be a recolonization.

ETA: For those who aren't familiar with NU, EVERY NPC on campus is a single-letter designation chapter (i.e. OLD) except for one (Delta Zeta.) It can be difficult for any sorority to compete with that kind of history. ADII originally came on campus in 1945 - that is 64 years after Alpha Phi opened the campus in 1881. NU had 8 sororities before 1900. That can be daunting.

[pinkyphimu]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

ETA: For those who aren't familiar with NU, EVERY NPC on campus is a single-letter designation chapter (i.e. OLD) except for one (Delta Zeta.) It can be difficult for any sorority to compete with that kind of history. ADII originally came on campus in 1945 - that is 64 years after Alpha Phi opened the campus in 1881. NU had 8 sororities before 1900. That can be daunting.

Wow that is very interesting! Thank you for sharing that info. I wonder if there were other schools that had this much representation by 1900?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by pinkyphimu

Wow that is very interesting! Thank you for sharing that info. I wonder if there were other schools that had this much representation by 1900?

Edited:
Schools with NPCs before 1900 - they may not be 100% accurate. I'm sure I have missed some.
Oldest chapter and year of charter is highlighted in blue
Northwestern (8) AP 1881, AXO, GPB, DG, DDD, KAT, KKG, PBP
Michigan (8) AP, AXO, GPB, DG, DDD, KAT 1879, KKG, PBP
Wisconsin (7) AP, GPB, DG, DDD, KAT, KKG 1875, PBP
Syracuse (6) AP 1872, GPB, DDD, KAT, KKG, PBP
Minnesota (6) AP, DG, DDD, KAT, KKG 1880, PBP
Goucher (6) AP 1891, GPB, DG 1891, DDD 1891, KAT, PBP (Greek Life abolished)
Nebraska (5) DG, DDD, KAT, KKG 1884, PBP
Boston U. (5) AP, GPB, DDD, KKG 1882, PBP (Greek Life abolished, then re-instated)
Stanford (5) AP, DG 1886, KAT, KKG, PBP (Greek Life abolished, then re-instated)
The Ohio State (4) DDD, KAT, KKG 1888, PBP
Cornell (4) AP, DG, KAT 1881, KKG
DePauw(4) AP, AXO, KAT 1870, KKG
Indiana (4) DG, KAT, KKG, PBP
Illinois (4) AXO, KAT 1870, KKG, PBP
Simpson (4) DDD, KAT, KKG, PBP 1874
Vermont (3) DDD, KAT 1881, PBP
Longwood (3) ZTA, KD 1897, SSS
Allegheny (PA) (3) AXO, KAT 1876, KKG
Swarthmore (3) KAT 1891, KKG, PBP (Greek Life abolished)
Barnard (3) AOII, KAT, KKG 1891 (Greek Life abolished)
St. Lawrence (NY) (3) DG, DDD, KKG 1881
Albion (MI) (3) AXO, DG 1883, KAT
Kansas (3) KAT, KKG, PBP 1873
Butler (3) KAT 1874, KKG, PBP
Franklin (IN) (3) DG 1878, KKG, PBP
Knox (3) AZD, DDD, PBP 1884
Iowa (3) DG, KKG 1882, PBP 1882
Wesleyan (CT) (3) DDD, KAT 1883, PBP (No Greek Life at present)
Cal-Berkeley (3) GPB, KAT, KKG 1880
Southern California (3) AXO, DG 1887, KAT 1887
Bucknell (2) AXO, PBP 1895
Wooster (2) KAT 1875, KKG (No Greek LIfe at present)
Ohio (2) KAT 1876, PBP
Ohio Wesleyan (2) KAT, KKG 1880
Akron (2) DG, KKG 1877
Cincinnati (2) DDD, KKG 1885
Missouri (2) KKG 1875, PBP
Adrian (MI) (2) DDD, KKG 1882
Hillsdale (MI) (2) KKG 1881, PBP
Sophie Newcomb/Tulane (2) AOII, PBP 1891
Hanover (2) DG 1881, KAT
Illinois Wesleyan (2) KAT 1875, KKG
Monmouth (IL) (2) KKG, PBP 1867 (Greek Life abolished, then re-instated)
Iowa State (2) DDD, PBP 1877
Wesleyan (GA) (2) ADII 1851, PM (Greek Life abolished)
Colorado (2) DG, PBP 1884
Denver (2) GPB, PBP 1885

Lots with 1

[AGDee]

Our chapter at Northwestern was our Lambda chapter. I suppose if our sister, Judy Baar Topinka, wins the election for Governor in Illinois, we could argue that we are the most powerful group in Illinois

[BadSquirrelBeta]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Our chapter at Northwestern was our Lambda chapter. I suppose if our sister, Judy Baar Topinka, wins the election for Governor in Illinois, we could argue that we are the most powerful group in Illinois

Squirrel power! She should run on the Squirrel Party ticket...

The Governor of my state, Washington, is an NPC alum...but I can't recall if she is a KD, SK or DZ...anyhoo, hopefully we'll chalk up another GLO lady Governor soon!

[Jill1228]

Christine Gregoire is a Kappa Delta

Originally Posted by BadSquirrelBeta

Squirrel power! She should run on the Squirrel Party ticket...

The Governor of my state, Washington, is an NPC alum...but I can't recall if she is a KD, SK or DZ...anyhoo, hopefully we'll chalk up another GLO lady Governor soon!

Originally Posted by BadSquirrelBeta

Squirrel power! She should run on the Squirrel Party ticket...

The Governor of my state, Washington, is an NPC alum...but I can't recall if she is a KD, SK or DZ...anyhoo, hopefully we'll chalk up another GLO lady Governor soon!

A Google search said that Chris Gregoire is a Kappa Delta.

A bunch of news articles also popped up -- including this one:

http://www.realchangenews.org/pastis...u_can_use.html

that insinuated that her KD chapter at the University of Washington didn't allow non-whites.

[BadSquirrelBeta]

Originally Posted by OTW

A Google search said that Chris Gregoire is a Kappa Delta.

A bunch of news articles also popped up -- including this one:

http://www.realchangenews.org/pastis...u_can_use.html

that insinuated that her KD chapter at the University of Washington didn't allow non-whites.

Oh yes...I vaguely remember this now. But the election was sooooo messed up that we didn't know for quite a while after the election who the governor was and the mud was slinging on both sides...so you never know what to believe. Frankly I looked at that more as the media's way to hack on the Greek system and just let it go in one ear and out the other...we get a lot of barbs from the media around here about rogue GLOs having both WSU and UW in the state. But, it is so petty the things they will attempt to pick up on.

/end hijak

It is kind of exciting when the GLOs are chosen to give presentations on campus. Hopefully the true fit for the campus, the demographic, etc., will easily be identified. Good luck to all the groups!