Colonization at the University of Alabama?!?

[BamaHannah]

Based on information from the UA Panhellenic, and reported back to the individual chapters, expansion has been approved. I guess we'll have to see how many expansion opportunities there will be (one or two).

[FSUZeta]

how exciting!! you bama ladies must keep us informed, please.

bamamama, typically when a new group is colonizing on a campus, their national officers/colonization team will give a presentation during the first round of parties or during the pnm information session proor to recruitment, informing pnms of the opportunity of being a member of a colony. they would then hold events following formal recruitment.

a moratorium on cob events is usually honored for a few weeks, in order for the sorority to select its colonists and get them up and running. after that time period, those chapters who did not pledge quota or are not at total may hold cob events.

[AEPhiSierra]

slightly off topic:

everybody is talking in terms of 3 orgs presenting. but when schools plan on having 2 groups colonize do they usually invite more than 3 groups to present? the idea of having 3 groups present for 2 spots sounds kind of silly to me, especially if one of the groups selected decides to drop out of presenting.

Originally Posted by AEPhiSierra

the idea of having 3 groups present for 2 spots sounds kind of silly to me, especially if one of the groups selected decides to drop out of presenting.

While it is possible for a group to decide to drop out of the running, for some reason I'm having a hard time imagining that it'll happen at such a desirable campus like 'Bama.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by OTW

While it is possible for a group to decide to drop out of the running, for some reason I'm having a hard time imagining that it'll happen at such a desirable campus like 'Bama.

I don't know - when Arkansas was open a couple of years ago 2 out of the 3 invited to present dropped out. I wish that wouldn't happen but I guess the timeline is so quick sometimes that groups submit for consideration before they have a chance to run the numbers and really analyze if it is the right time and place for them.

[hmd1014]

I wonder what it is about the campus culture at Auburn that's enabled their recolonizations to succeed where Bama's historically haven't for the most part. Obviously, tradition and what-not are big deals at both schools, and there are PNMs at both who'd sooner commit ritual suicide than accept a bid from a group they thought was beneath them, but at Auburn recolonizing apparently doesn't carry a stigma—at least three or four of their sororities have left campus, then come back and done really well.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by hmd1014

I wonder what it is about the campus culture at Auburn that's enabled their recolonizations to succeed where Bama's historically haven't for the most part. Obviously, tradition and what-not are big deals at both schools, and there are PNMs at both who'd sooner commit ritual suicide than accept a bid from a group they thought was beneath them, but at Auburn recolonizing apparently doesn't carry a stigma—at least three or four of their sororities have left campus, then come back and done really well.

I'm sure the fact that Auburn doesn't have the huge sorority houses like Bama does help somewhat. You don't have quite as much pressure to come back HUGE because you have a house to fill. Of course, I could be totally wrong.