Colonization at the University of Alabama?!?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

Actually, they did participate this past fall for the first time in a couple of years (they picked up three new members).

I think instead of competing head-on with the other NPC groups, they're trying to reinvent themselves as an alternative for women who may be looking for a smaller group.

That's what I was going to say, and from what I gathered, SDT nationals is cool with this. (which makes them a big bowl of awesome IMO)

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by 33girl

That's what I was going to say, and from what I gathered, SDT nationals is cool with this. (which makes them a big bowl of awesome IMO)

I must say I'm shocked the nationals is cool with this but it could also be because of the fact that it's a single letter chapter (Rho) and the fact that it's such a big and good school. I'm glad they picked up a few girls during fall recruitment I really thought they didn't take part agian.

[SoCalGirl]

Doesn't the Purdue chapter of SDT also not participate in FR?

[AnatraAmore]

Sorry to crash... but just wondering: does anyone know what total at Purdue currently is? My sister (who is a member of a non NPC group there) and I have been having a debate over it...

[banditone]

http://www.purdue.edu/odos/sao/greek...cFall%2006.pdf

[AnatraAmore]

We've seen that report... but (and we might just be overlooking it), it doesn't give us TOTAL (as in the maximum number of women a chapter may have). It gives us the total number of ladies in each chapter...

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

I must say I'm shocked the nationals is cool with this but it could also be because of the fact that it's a single letter chapter (Rho) and the fact that it's such a big and good school. I'm glad they picked up a few girls during fall recruitment I really thought they didn't take part agian.

An often overlooked point:

I don't know how much smaller SDT is, but bringing a new group on campus usually decreases the size of the largest chapters, and can help a struggling chapter by comparison.

And now for the science:

At Hypothetical State, chapter total is 100. The last couple of years, quota has been 30 (120 PNM's), so chapters A, B, and C each have 120 women, while D misses quota each year and only has 80. Chapter E colonizes. Quota is now 24. If chapter D can continue to get 20 girls, they are now much closer in size to the others. A PNM who sees a huge difference between 80 and 120 may not notice as much between 80 and 100.

[banditone]

Question for you Alabama knowledgable people.

Is it considered "Old Row" all the way from Sigma Nu to KA? Or is it just the houses at the far left? Just curious. Thanks!

[AnchorAlumna]

"Old Row," location-wise, runs from Sigma Nu to the new Delta Kappa Epsilon house, now being built.
"Old Row," social-wise, are the biggest-baddest-meanest fraternities and sororities on campus. An "Old Row" fraternity can be on either old or new row.
It's both a location and a stratus, but not necessarily the same.

[macallan25]

Yeah, that is a common misconception. I'm pretty sure that the Old Row fraternities and sororities have to go about a process to be considered an "Old Row" house. Somone can correct me.....but I'm pretty sure that is how some friends at Alabama described it.

[banditone]

I read somewhere that the "Old Row" fraternities and sororities were labled as such by the whole school; had functions together called "Old Row" and even had "Old Row" specific T-Shirts.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Yeah, that is a common misconception. I'm pretty sure that the Old Row fraternities and sororities have to go about a process to be considered an "Old Row" house. Somone can correct me.....but I'm pretty sure that is how some friends at Alabama described it.

From what little I understand, it's basically a group that pays into a fund for a big party or two. It may also have something to do with the infamous "Machine," which doesn't exist. (Yeah, right).