Three Sororities Selected to Present at Northwestern

Originally Posted by 33girl

stop laughing, Sandy.

Sorry, I can't help it! Thank you for giving me the haha I needed this morning.

[FSUZeta]

the scenario we have been discussing was not an interest group contacting one sorority directly, but a college contacting npc to say that are opening their campus for expansion.

however, as you noted, interest groups may form, and with the consent of their campus administrators and panhellenic, contact a sorority for possible colonization.

[amanda6035]

They still went through the process of contacting npc of the desire to expand. Three orgs were interested, and came to present. I think the biggest difference (at least from what I can tell) is that out of those orgs, the interest group picked the one they wanted, rather than the university picking for them.

[ZTAngel]

Has anyone heard anything? Have all the groups made their presentations?

[SmoochyGirl]

OK.....my mom's best friend knows the ZTA national president.....she was totally misquoted....a reporter called her and asked her what zeta would share with the northwestern panhellenic about why they should pick zeta to come on campus....and she told them that they have a house corp, a foundation and the regular sorority part of the organization....and that all three of these groups working together is what makes them strong.....she never said they are the strongest of the three groups presenting.....just goes to show how the media can twist things!!!

i heard she is a really nice lady, and is very proud of her sorority, but not arrogant or cocky at all.....zeta wants to be chosen but would never diss the other groups.....we have zeta on my campus and they are pretty cool......

has anyone heard who got selected?

[Denise_DPhiE]

I didn't see it mentioned (but I may have missed it) but I thought it was great that the dormant groups rose like cream to the top of the selection process (all three are dormant). I know that at least 8 groups submitted materials to be considered and only half were dormant and for good reason, these dormant groups all have a wonderful chance to re-establish their sisterhoods at NU. Best of luck to all.

Denise

[Buttonz]

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.

That's awesome...but it could make it very hard for whoever is chosen.

Originally Posted by Tippiechick

Un-panhellenic maybe. But, true. Everyone knows I could pretty much care less about being really panhellenic. To say that SDT or AXiD are as strong would be incorrect in my opinion. I am glad she had the balls to say the truth.

Just because Zeta has more chapters doesn't make them stronger....AXiD or SDT would do much better at a small Northern school then Zeta for example, because more alumnae support and they are used to smaller, Northern schools.

I wonder if there is any word yet....best of luck to all three groups

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Denise_DPhiE

I didn't see it mentioned (but I may have missed it) but I thought it was great that the dormant groups rose like cream to the top of the selection process (all three are dormant). I know that at least 8 groups submitted materials to be considered and only half were dormant and for good reason, these dormant groups all have a wonderful chance to re-establish their sisterhoods at NU. Best of luck to all.

Denise

It may be me, but I always would rather see a RE-colonization, rather than bringing on a totally new GLO. The only problem is, at some universities (ie: Pitt), there may be as many as six or seven dormant chapters - some inactive for over 75 years!