Top 5 Chapters You'd Like to see Re-Colonized

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by banditone

#3 Gamma Sigma @ Iowa State. Their alumni site is great and shows everything about them. They are extremely organized and think they will be back on in Spring 2009.

They will have to either get into an open house, or build, as they sold their house to something called Alpha Sigma Phi when they went dormant.

(old Sigma Nu house ISU house)

Sigma Nu left campus when I was a freshman 11 years ago. Alpha Sig bought the house the next year and added to the front.

Honestly, I don't know where the chapter facility would be located. They could potentially take over the old Delta Chi house, but that's small and far away from Greekland. There are no other vacant fraternity houses at this time and nowhere to build anywhere near campus or Greekland. I also don't think that any current fraternity chapters will be closing, but you never know.

[banditone]

Kappa, you can add in if i'm wrong. but the mid tier frats are like 30 men.. how big is the largest. isu is very doable as its not big time as far as greek life is concerned. if sigma nu comes back on, gets like 30 men, and comes up with a housing plan - they'd be mid tier.

you cant do that anywhere else at a big school.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by banditone

Kappa, you can add in if i'm wrong. but the mid tier frats are like 30 men.. how big is the largest. isu is very doable as its not big time as far as greek life is concerned. if sigma nu comes back on, gets like 30 men, and comes up with a housing plan - they'd be mid tier.

you cant do that anywhere else at a big school.

Chapter size at Iowa State ranges from 13 to over 90. I'd say the average is around 45-50. Recent recolonizations include Phi Psi (2007) , Beta (2005) and TKE (2004 - which was more of a restructuring than recolonization). Both Phi Psi and Beta have around 30 while TKE has around 55 members. All three chapters had maintained ownership of their house while they were off-campus/restructuring.

So while they could definitely be competitive if they colonize with 30 men, it would still take a few years for them to find their ground and flourish in the community (as it would with any recolonization).

At Iowa State, many events (Homecoming, Greek Week, VEISHEA) pair a larger fraternity with a smaller fraternity and then a sorority, and SN would probably be considered a "smaller" fraternity for at least the first few years.

Smaller numbers don't mean a whole lot at Iowa State, though. With 29 fraternities, rushees can really find the house that fits them best regardless of size.

[Kedzman]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

Sigma Nu left campus when I was a freshman 11 years ago. Alpha Sig bought the house the next year and added to the front.

Honestly, I don't know where the chapter facility would be located. They could potentially take over the old Delta Chi house, but that's small and far away from Greekland. There are no other vacant fraternity houses at this time and nowhere to build anywhere near campus or Greekland. I also don't think that any current fraternity chapters will be closing, but you never know.

If I see this photograph of the old SN house at ISU I'm going to vomit. It makes me sick to know that it was sold away to another fraternity. My chapter visited there for a walk-out back in 1988 and we had a great time. Amazing location. Historic location. Gone!

They will likely never have a premier location at ISU again, unless they can sock away some dough and wait for another organization to fail. Then again, even if another organization fails, it is unlikely they will sell out. More likely they will lease the chapter house for 4-5 years and return. I still can't believe they sold that house