Fall 2007/Spring 2008 Sorority Recruitment Dates/Results

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Wow, what happened at LSU during the '80s?

closed
1980 - Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi

1983 - Phi Sigma Sigma

1984 - Alpha Epsilon Phi

1985 - Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta

1988 - Alpha Xi Delta

Seven closed chapters in an eight year period?

So with AOPiRose's correction that Phi Sig closed in 1933, that leaves us with the "alpha curse" of LSU.

[honeychile]

Impressive thread, irishpipes! So, when do you plan to be THE NPC President? Or at least, Historian?

A bit of trivia to add: on many campuses, you see when a chapter was founded, but not that it was ever dormant. At Pitt, the entire ADPi chapter closed in 1942 to support the War Effort, and came back right after the war. One of the alumnae who was involved in the recolonization was just in my office today, telling me how impressed all the freshmen were to see such total commitment, both to the War Effort AND to bringing the chapter back on campus! So, while a local became ADPi in 1920, there were 4 years when the chapter was dormant.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Impressive thread, irishpipes! So, when do you plan to be THE NPC President? Or at least, Historian?

A bit of trivia to add: on many campuses, you see when a chapter was founded, but not that it was ever dormant. At Pitt, the entire ADPi chapter closed in 1942 to support the War Effort, and came back right after the war. One of the alumnae who was involved in the recolonization was just in my office today, telling me how impressed all the freshmen were to see such total commitment, both to the War Effort AND to bringing the chapter back on campus! So, while a local became ADPi in 1920, there were 4 years when the chapter was dormant.

On your first question, the answer would be NEVER! I am just your run-of-the-mill history buff.

I know that AOII also closed chapters during the war, as some members felt that it was inappropriate to engage in a "triviality" like Greek life during that time. (I believe our chapter at SMU was one, and then never reopened.) Other chapters took the position that they could support the war better by staying together. It is interesting, and I added a note to your chapter at Pitt.

[ForeverRoses]

Great list!
Just a couple pieces of info- University of Southern Indiana and Southern Indiana University are one in the same. The school changed it's name to University of Southern Indiana in the 1980s when it became a fully independent state school (when it was SIU, Indiana State still had some control over it).

Also, the Phi Sigma Sigma chapter at Ohio University went dormant in 1994.

[Regina Filangie]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

So with AOPiRose's correction that Phi Sig closed in 1933, that leaves us with the "alpha curse" of LSU.

I have a friend who goes to LSU who was telling me about the "alpha curse". She said something happened (can't remember what the reason was) and all the alpha chapters were forced to close around the same time. Is that just an urban legend or did something actually happen?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Regina Filangie

I have a friend who goes to LSU who was telling me about the "alpha curse". She said something happened (can't remember what the reason was) and all the alpha chapters were forced to close around the same time. Is that just an urban legend or did something actually happen?

More than 50% of the members of the "alpha" chapters developed a strange rash. No one was ever ill or had any other symptoms, but it made PNMs reluctant to pledge those sororities, and the chapters soon didn't have enough members to participate in recruitment. After all the chapters had closed, a toxicology study revealed that it was due to a mold found in the house building materials. It could have easily been eliminated if it had been identified. Unfortunately, by the time that happened, the chapters were all closed and the legend had formed a life of its own.

[irishpipes]

OK, that was mean. I'm just kidding.

[33girl]

RF - here's the thread where the "alpha curse" was brought up.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?p=249285

Basically, a really bad case of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

OK, that was mean. I'm just kidding.

That's pretty funny, actually, and it's also known as the Alpha Syndrome. Seriously though, these chapters were never forced by the university to close. They just came to an unfortunate end.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ome#post110302

awesome. just a little addition. emory university is in atlanta, georgia (not decatur). also, delta phi epsilon is still active.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by ErinKathleenNJ

awesome. just a little addition. emory university is in atlanta, georgia (not decatur). also, delta phi epsilon is still active.

I am laughing at myself. I have been to Emory many times - my brother got his PhD there, and while doing so he lived in Decatur. I didn't even realize I had typed Decatur instead of Atlanta.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by aopirose

That's pretty funny, actually, and it's also known as the Alpha Syndrome. Seriously though, these chapters were never forced by the university to close. They just came to an unfortunate end.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ome#post110302

I guess there is a "Delta" curse at University of North Texas. Except for Alpha Delta Pi, every sorority with "Delta" in its name closed: Kappa Delta, Delta Zeta, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Gamma, and Delta Phi Epsilon. Now that DG is re-chartering and KD will be re-chartering, hopefully the curse will be broken.

[OleMissGlitter]

University of Mississippi Oxford, MS: October 2007 Quota= , Quota last year = 91
Website
Chi Omega 1899, Delta Delta Delta 1904, Phi Mu 1926, Delta Gamma 1927-?/1938, Kappa Delta 1927, Delta Zeta 1928-1953, Zeta Tau Alpha 1939-?, Kappa Kappa Gamma 1947, Alpha Omicron Pi 1958, Alpha Delta Pi 1961-1997, Pi Beta Phi 1962, Alpha Xi Delta 1971-1976, Kappa Alpha Theta 1979
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Just to verify: ZTA was here from 1939-1999, ADPi was gone before I went through rush and that was in the Fall of 1996, so I think they left in the spring of 1996? I think DG's Alpha Psi chapter (named in honor of of Psi Chapter) in 1927 and then in 1931 they closed because Ole Miss lost it's academic ranking and then they came back in 1936 with the ground breaking of their new house as a colony and then as a chapter in 1938. I got this information from the DG website, very interesting stuff....

http://www.deltagamma.org/pictures/h...si_history.doc


The dates of recruitment for this year are Sept. 26-Sept. 30, 2007. Basically they pick the dates around the football schedule and that was the best time I guess!