New Local at Marietta College needs input

[Benzgirl]

Have you thought about recolonizing a chapter that left Marietta? My cousin went there in the 70s, and I believe there are some fraternities that had a presence at one time.

[MariettaPhiMA]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Have you thought about recolonizing a chapter that left Marietta? My cousin went there in the 70s, and I believe there are some fraternities that had a presence at one time.

Yes Benzgirl, we have considered that. Marietta does not keep good records so I don't have much to go on. However using the yearbooks from 1870 to the present, rumors about houses that were here, and randomly finding letters on campus I have figured out that there are at least 10 GLOs that are no longer here.

I contacted Alpha Sigma Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon and one other house that were here. The Sigs were very interested because their fraternity was basically based out of Marietta. However, when they found out I was already Greek they just stopped talking to me.

Also, we are down to 3 fraternities. Delta Tau Delta is doing well, Alpha Tau Omega is ok, but Lambda Chi Alpha is just hanging on by a string. They only have 12 or so active guys.

Our advisor is the old Delta Upsilon advisor. We've been working with him and the IFC. The earliest possible that DU could come back to campus is 2010 but the IFC is saying that the college wants to wait at least another 10 years before adding a house.

So basically my answer to your question is yes I have tried but the administration will not approve it and once the GLOs see the condition of the Greek system here they want nothing to do with it.

[pshsx1]

You could keep pestering the Alpha Sigs and TKE. There's the chance that if you're persistent enough, they'll see that you're really serious about wanting to affiliate with them and not just trying to grab their letters just to say that you really are greek and now have their letters to prove it.