Harvard newspaper doesn't want a 4th sorority

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by LocalLove9

Hmm...I'm not quite sure what you mean about Dartmouth being an exception. Could you elaborate?

Dartmouth made all of their chapters local--it wasn't a national decision, it was a University-wide decision. It's been discussed ad nauseam around here, by people much more articulate than I.

I'm speaking mainly of chapters where they lose a national charter...usually it's harder for an Ivy to lose their charter than it is for any other college. The cachet of having an Ivy chapter is very attractive for many groups.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Dartmouth made all of their chapters local--it wasn't a national decision, it was a University-wide decision. It's been discussed ad nauseam around here, by people much more articulate than I.

I don't know about fraternities, but I know that Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Kappa had chapters at Datmouth where the chapter members voted to go local and became Xi Kappa Chi, Epsilon Kappa Theta, and Sigma Delta, respectively. I believe (at least in the case of SK becoming SD) that they took offense to our ritual and among other things, didn't like the rules that being National entailed. I thought the others were the same.

Also, Dartmouth has chapters of AXiD (began as a local), Tri Delta, Kappa, Alpha Phi, and KD.