Colonization at the University of Alabama?!?

[Zillini]

Originally Posted by bamagirl09

DG has not been selected. The vote you are talking about was UA voting to open for expansion. NO sorority has been selected yet. It gets really old explaining over and over and over and over and over that DG has not been chosen and may not ever be chosen to come to UA. I am not saying that they won't be, but they definitely haven't been yet. After the chapters vote later this month on which sororities they would to have on campus, maybe that pesky little DG rumor will stop spreading around campus. By then it will either be really happening or not.

LOL! I read that post and said "Wait a minute..." Just a little confusion regarding which vote that actually was earlier in the year. I have heard (and corrected) that story from other collegians too. It makes me wonder if their delegates explained the process well enough to their members.

[UGAalum94]

It's easy to see how the average member of a current chapter at Alabama might get confused about the process.

Interestingly, when I looked up, just on Wikipedia, to see where Alpha Phi had chapters, there's a list which includes an active chapter at the University of Alabama. (I know it's wikipedia, and not official, but rumors are probably going to be hard to stifle about any of the groups.)

I'd just hate for any group presenting to feel slighted or like minds were already made up.

[KSUViolet06]

I agree with everyone who is saying that the rumors are getting a bit out of hand. Sure, it could very well end up being DG, but it could just as easily be another group (again this is not to say that there is anything wrong with DG). I actually had a girl PM me asking when DG would hold it's colony recruitment, because she was a legacy and was planning attending Bama to join. I promptly burst her bubble and told her that selections have not yet been made and there is no DG colony at Bama to speak of at this time.

I really hope that the girls making these decisions can remain unbiased and make the best choice for their campus, whichever group it may be. It must be hard with people already pushing so hard for one group.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I agree with everyone who is saying that the rumors are getting a bit out of hand. ....

I really hope that the girls making these decisions can remain unbiased and make the best choice for their campus, whichever group it may be. It must be hard with people already pushing so hard for one group.

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I'd just hate for any group presenting to feel slighted or like minds were already made up.

Which is exactly why a number of people felt awkward about having this topic on GC in the first place....

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Which is exactly why a number of people felt awkward about having this topic on GC in the first place....

I don't think Greek Chat is really that important in real life.

I really meant rumors from people at Alabama, rather than armchair rushchairs at home. Who cares what we think?

ETA: this seems a little snippier than I intended. Sorry. I just meant that I don't know how much what gets discussed here really matters. But maybe I underestimate our importance in the UA greek system.

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

I don't think Greek Chat is really that important in real life.

I really meant rumors from people at Alabama, rather than armchair rushchairs at home. Who cares what we think?

Ohhhhh I beg to differ. But you already know my story.

Putting my own experiences aside, I really do think that GreekChat can influence a colonization effort. I suppose there's a lot of talk here because it *IS* 'Bama, but I'd say that most of the time, open talk about groups presenting and speculation of who's going to get chosen doesn't really happen. And for good reason.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by OTW

Ohhhhh I beg to differ. But you already know my story.

Putting my own experiences aside, I really do think that GreekChat can influence a colonization effort. I suppose there's a lot of talk here because it *IS* 'Bama, but I'd say that most of the time, open talk about groups presenting and speculation of who's going to get chosen doesn't really happen. And for good reason.

I don't know. It doesn't really seem the same to me. I just can't imagine anybody with a vote in the process at Bama giving a flip about what was said here.

I never really paid that much attention to the threads about similar topics, but I'd guess they were more subdued because the people who really are involved with the system and the GLOs are directly told not to say much, so real info. in limited.

Here we're just speculating at random*, pretty much, aren't we? I know I am.

*Random isn't the word I really mean. I guess I mean idly maybe.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by OTW

Ohhhhh I beg to differ. But you already know my story.

Putting my own experiences aside, I really do think that GreekChat can influence a colonization effort. I suppose there's a lot of talk here because it *IS* 'Bama, but I'd say that most of the time, open talk about groups presenting and speculation of who's going to get chosen doesn't really happen. And for good reason.

^^ that is pretty much my take on it...

[epchick]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Interestingly, when I looked up, just on Wikipedia, to see where Alpha Phi had chapters, there's a list which includes an active chapter at the University of Alabama. (I know it's wikipedia, and not official, but rumors are probably going to be hard to stifle about any of the groups.)

Alpha Phi does not have an active chapter at the 'Bama, but according to wikipedia, Alpha Phi HAD a chapter at 'Bama from 1932-1968.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by epchick

Alpha Phi does not have an active chapter at the 'Bama, but according to wikipedia, Alpha Phi HAD a chapter at 'Bama from 1932-1968.

As of yesterday, it was listed in the active chapters.

ETA: it still is as of this post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpha_Phi_chapters