Sorry to crash, and in a 3-year-old thread too, but as an AST-legacy who had to pledge another sorority because AST wasn't on any campuses I was interested in, I too would love to see AST expand more into the South (especially the bigger state schools - y'all did say *Dream* Expansions, after all). I would have absolutely, no questions asked pledged if AST had been at Ole Miss, Arkansas, or any of the big SEC schools. I wanted to stay in the South for college, but I even looked at James Madison, largely because of the AST chapter there.
My mom went to Henderson State in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, (what is that chapter, Alpha Gamma? I can't recall.), and she is really active nationally. I actually went to y'all's convention with her in Orlando...3 years ago? I honestly think that not being able to pledge her sorority will be one of my greatest regrets about college. We're really close and I hate that we don't have that sorority connection like so many of my friends have with their mothers and grandmothers (my chapter is full of legacies).
But yeah, my Dream Expansion for AST would be more Southern schools and eventually into big SEC schools.