Colonization at the University of Alabama?!?

[LegallyBrunette]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

I'm surprised to hear that AST has the most chapters nearby to Bama, as we're not very strong in the South. I thought that Theta Phi Alpha would have a lot more chapters down there, as I've never heard of one in the Midwest.

Interesting.

Actually, Theta Phi has something like 7 open chapters in Ohio--but I'm not sure if that's technically the midwest. Otherwise though, our greatest concentration of open chapters is in the Northeast.

Also, I just checked and there isn't an alum association in Alabama....so yeah, seems pretty unlikely. I'm interested to see how this develops.

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

Actually, Theta Phi has something like 7 open chapters in Ohio--but I'm not sure if that's technically the midwest. Otherwise though, our greatest concentration of open chapters is in the Northeast.

Also, I just checked and there isn't an alum association in Alabama.

Could be. Not being from Ohio, I'm not super-informed on their Greek life there

An interesting AST fact: Even though we were founded in Michigan, we have only 7 chapters there as opposed to 25 in Pennsylvania. Isn't that weird?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

An interesting AST fact: Even though we were founded in Michigan, we have only 7 chapters there as opposed to 25 in Pennsylvania. Isn't that weird?

14 former "teachers colleges" in PA and I think you guys are at 13 of them, so that helps a lot.

[ZTAngel]

Just a friendly reminder:

The University of Alabama is not open for expansion. Any talk that they will be soon is just gossip and speculation.

I'm getting uncomfortable with this thread in general. Everyone is talking about what sororities would be best to colonize there, the alumni support they have, when they could colonize, etc. Furthermore, all the talk that Alabama wants one new group and one old group to colonize is just hearsay but some people are taking it as the gospel word. I dunno...I just think it could be dangerous. It may ruin a group's chances at colonization before it even began if some higher-ups at Alabama saw the thread and thought to themselves, "Yeah, I agree that ABC wouldn't be a good sorority here because they don't have enough chapters in the state."

Expansion at any SEC school is exciting but speculating about any groups' chances before the school is even open for expansion (or heck, even after they're open) can really come back and bite the groups in the butt. It's happened before. GC is more widely read that you'd expect.

Can we stop the talk about what group would be best to colonize there? If and when it happens, it's ultimately up to Panhellenic at the University of Alabama to decide which group would have the best chance - not GreekChat.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by ZTAngel

Just a friendly reminder:

The University of Alabama is not open for expansion. Any talk that they will be soon is just gossip and speculation.

I'm getting uncomfortable with this thread in general. Everyone is talking about what sororities would be best to colonize there, the alumni support they have, when they could colonize, etc. Furthermore, all the talk that Alabama wants one new group and one old group to colonize is just hearsay but some people are taking it as the gospel word. I dunno...I just think it could be dangerous. It may ruin a group's chances at colonization before it even began if some higher-ups at Alabama saw the thread and thought to themselves, "Yeah, I agree that ABC wouldn't be a good sorority here because they don't have enough chapters in the state."

Expansion at any SEC school is exciting but speculating about any groups' chances before the school is even open for expansion (or heck, even after they're open) can really come back and bite the groups in the butt. It's happened before. GC is more widely read that you'd expect.

Can we stop the talk about what group would be best to colonize there? If and when it happens, it's ultimately up to Panhellenic at the University of Alabama to decide which group would have the best chance - not GreekChat.

i second that

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

i second that

third