Colonization at the University of Alabama?!?

[Titchou]

Old Fraternity row is University Blvd. And the rumor is that they are planning to tear down some of the old dorms in the New Hall area and the new sororities would go there, not New Frat Row. With Dr. Witt's plan to up enrollment, they'll need more groups.

[notmanhattan]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Old Fraternity row is University Blvd.

Not necessarily. There are houses on University Blvd. that are considered new row who are further down: Pi Kapp, KA, Sig Ep, SAE. My brother is a Pi Kapp and he says they were kicked off campus and when they revitalized the chapter they moved to new row. behind these houses is a street called "Fraternity Lane" where there are many greek houses including but not limited to: Delta Chi, Lambda Chi, Kappa Sig, Theta Chi, Pike, DTD, ATO, Chi Phi, ZBT, etc. The Old Row houses are Phi Delta Theta, Phi Psi, Phi Gam (who is denied the moniker Fiji, but that's a whole different story), Beta, Sigma Nu, and Delta Kappa Epsilon. All of these Old Row houses are on University Blvd. but bring on University does not guarentee Old Row Status. New Row has more fraternities but Old Row has more members.

[banditone]

So do they have any plans of moving the old row fraternities from near the stadium (cherry spot), to be closer to all the other fraternities?

That would suck.

Also, looking at the map, I see no where to put new sororities in, if you still want to keep them all bunched up like that just east of the stadium. I can't belieave KAT, AXO, KKG, Phi MU, Sig Delt Tau sit SOOO close to the stadium. That would rock.

----- ON a side note, I thought it odd that they used a circle for the house emblem for Tri-Delt (#19 on the map). Looked them up, and lo-and-behold, their house does look very circular

[BamaDad DZ]

Dr. Witt said he wants to expand the UA student population by 8,000 by the year 2010. My DZ daughter heard there were already 2,000 signed up for fall recruitment, versus 1,400 last year.

I guess a few more sorority houses are in line to make sure more lucky young ladies get to share the same fun you did, right?

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by BamaDad DZ

My DZ daughter heard there were already 2,000 signed up for fall recruitment, versus 1,400 last year.

How are there already girls signing up for recruitment? I mean, I know Bama takes recruitment seriously, but I have never heard of girls signing up in February or March!

[BamaDad DZ]

Originally Posted by dgdramadawg

How are there already girls signing up for recruitment? I mean, I know Bama takes recruitment seriously, but I have never heard of girls signing up in February or March!

If I recall correctly, sign-up occurs very early in the year. Girls have to get their alumni recommendations in line quickly. It took Kristen quite some time to make her alumni contacts, interview, etc. I recall the notice of sorority recruitment being issue right after University acceptance.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by BamaDad DZ

If I recall correctly, sign-up occurs very early in the year. Girls have to get their alumni recommendations in line quickly. It took Kristen quite some time to make her alumni contacts, interview, etc. I recall the notice of sorority recruitment being issue right after University acceptance.

I think a lot of girls start putting together alum recs even before they register for recruitment at these SEC schools.

According to the Bama Panhel website, registration has not begun yet for fall 2007 recruitment. My guess is that, like AnchorAlumna said, this is a ballpark number based upon the number of women accepted for 2007.

[exlurker]

Update Aug. 29 '07 -- Article about Possible Exapnsion at Alabama

For what it's worth, there's an article about possible NPC expansion in the U of Alabama student paper’s August 29, 2007 online edition:

http://media.www.cw.ua.edu/media/sto...-2941740.shtml

Brief excerpts:

With the increase of women participating in recruitment each year, the Alabama Panhellenic Association is considering adding two more National Panhellenic Conference sororities to campus.

"We have definitely been thinking hard about starting the process for expansion, so that the larger houses can be smaller and have a greater feeling of sisterhood inside the houses," [UA Panhellenic President Julia ] James said.

James said the process for expansion, called extension by the NPC, is a long process, and a school must show a definite need for more chapters on its campus. . . .

Extension is a mutual selection process by the national sorority organization and the University. James said the Panhellenic Council would especially be looking for sororities that have Southern history.

"We're definitely going to start the process once the clouds clear from recruitment week," she said.

[bamagirl09]

UA introduced their expansion resolution last night. It has been tabled and will be voted on by campus Panhellenic in two weeks. Oh and Roll Tide

[AnchorAlumna]

Thanks, bamagirl! I've been watching for that. Roll Tide!!!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by notmanhattan

Not necessarily. There are houses on University Blvd. that are considered new row who are further down: Pi Kapp, KA, Sig Ep, SAE. My brother is a Pi Kapp and he says they were kicked off campus and when they revitalized the chapter they moved to new row. behind these houses is a street called "Fraternity Lane" where there are many greek houses including but not limited to: Delta Chi, Lambda Chi, Kappa Sig, Theta Chi, Pike, DTD, ATO, Chi Phi, ZBT, etc. The Old Row houses are Phi Delta Theta, Phi Psi, Phi Gam (who is denied the moniker Fiji, but that's a whole different story), Beta, Sigma Nu, and Delta Kappa Epsilon. All of these Old Row houses are on University Blvd. but bring on University does not guarentee Old Row Status. New Row has more fraternities but Old Row has more members.

Hello fellow DG!
In this case, "Old Row" refers to the original LOCATION of all the fraternities, which was generally on the south side of campus around the stadium. "New Row" refers to the area on the north side where fraternities began relocating/locating back in the 1960s. It doesn't mean the "Old Row" subgroup of fraternities and sororities that pool money for their "special" T-shirts and "special" parties. That is a pretty new phenom.
To BamaDad DZ (yeah! my daughter is a Bama DZ): registration has not yet begun for sorority recruitment, so no way can ANYBODY be signed up yet, much less 2,000. There may have been a figure thrown around for how many freshmen have been accepted for enrollment in fall 2007 (which is probably way bigger than 2,000 already).
To Banditone: No, there are no plans to relocate FRATERNITY houses from the stadium area to the other area. In fact, the DKE house was acquired for stadium expansion and the DKEs are building a HUMONGOUS house across the street from their old location. Beta Theta Pi is building next to them...they tore down their old house and are building a MUCH bigger one. Relocating sorority houses...it's possible the Kappa Alpha Theta and AOPi houses will have to be moved, but it will probably be a few years before that happens. Expansion is complete on that side of the stadium. There might be something in the next couple of years on the south end zone (where my Tide Pride seats are located - yikes!)

[banditone]

Where is the DKE house located now? I am not finding it on that map.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by banditone

Where is the DKE house located now? I am not finding it on that map.

Directly across University Blvd. from the north end of the stadium.

[AnchorAlum]

Delta Gamma left the University of Alabama about thirty years ago.

The magnificent old grandfather clock that used to sit in the foyer of the former chapter house now sits in DG national headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

Bama is not an easy place for a group that would be seen as newcomers, although we came on there back in the 40's, I believe.

[UGAalum94]

And I may be wrong, but the groups who have never been on campus don't seem to have any chapters close by, making it less likely, it seems to me, to have good alumnae support compared to some of the other chapters who came and left.