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Originally Posted by notmanhattan
A Delta Gamma CDC (Collegiate Development Consultant) was visiting at our campus last week and affirmed the rumors the Alabama WILL be opening for colonization and the Delta Gamma is interested in recolonizing there.
Also from the mouth of the Greek Advisor on UGA's campus, DPhiE will be closing in May of this year and the campus will be opening for colonization as soon as 2008. Interesting...
Thoughts?
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Yea DG trying to go to Alabama! I think that could work out nicely, and you may have more alums around than a lot of other groups. (I Mapquested to see how far Mississippi State was Tuscaloosa, and it's only 83 miles. Surely you'd get support from them as well as the Auburn and UGA groups and alums.)
(I'm not slighting any other groups: I don't even know who is already there and who would try to expand.)
The UGA thing is really interesting. I'm really sorry about D Phi E. I expected them to grow back strong. When I was at Georgia, DPhiE (on campus since 1935) and SDT (on campus since 1924) were both traditionally Jewish groups on the campus (although I'm think they both had non-Jewish members and other GLOs had Jewish members). DPhiE was actually the larger of the two groups then, although both were strong and well regarded, and I thought that given a little time, DPhiE would cycle back strong. It's a shame to lose them.
It's a weird time for expansion because especially with fraternities, there are more groups than houses. Apparently there's a relatively recent local law about where Greek housing can be constructed in town, not to mention the whole craziness with the fraternities on Lumpkin and where they will ultimately go. Unless a group could count on actually buying the DPhiE house, which would seem kind of unlikely, it's hard to see how a new group will be able to enter on equal footing with the rest.
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