Zeta Tau Alpha at Tulane

[nolagreek]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

I think AZTheta's point is that the sororities at Tulane could absorb the 150 if they wanted to get creative and think outside of how things are currently done. While the individual chapters may not individually have facilities to accommodate larger groups, the university surely does.

If the existing groups don't wish to do so, which I think is the case since they voted to expand, that's not the same thing as can't do so.

The problem is that total is recalculated each semester and keeps getting larger. A more likely sceanario is that the university is going to impose a limit on quota or total. The adminstration is alarmed at the size of the groups and that they are all larger than the fire marshall limits for thier houses. Some groups are already using university facilities for their meetings because of this.

[ADPiEE]

I'm not privy to any inside knowledge anywhere but didn't I read on GC about something similar happening in Chicago last fall? And the potential colony went out and found more PNMs and ended up colonizing? Is this a possibility in this situation?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by ADPiEE

I'm not privy to any inside knowledge anywhere but didn't I read on GC about something similar happening in Chicago last fall? And the potential colony went out and found more PNMs and ended up colonizing? Is this a possibility in this situation?

I would think it could serve the 150 ladies well to research how Pi Phi ended up being successful at U of Chicago after all. It might not, but it certainly couldn't hurt. Certainly different campus cultures, but on the surface it appears that the issues (insufficient numbers up front) are similar.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by nolagreek

The problem is that total is recalculated each semester and keeps getting larger. A more likely sceanario is that the university is going to impose a limit on quota or total. The adminstration is alarmed at the size of the groups and that they are all larger than the fire marshall limits for thier houses. Some groups are already using university facilities for their meetings because of this.

Administration can't actually do that. Read you NPC rules.

[nolagreek]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Administration can't actually do that. Read you NPC rules.

I have read them. Tulane requires a minimum university GPA of 2.5 to go through recruitment which is also technically against NPC rules. The minimum was increased from 2.0 a few years ago as an attempt to reign in the growth of sororities on campus. Expansion is better solution than attempting to limit membership. That is why there was so much disappointment over the failure of Zeta to colonize. It impacts the entire Tulane community not just the disappointed PNMs.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by nolagreek

I have read them. Tulane requires a minimum university GPA of 2.5 to go through recruitment which is also technically against NPC rules. The minimum was increased from 2.0 a few years ago as an attempt to reign in the growth of sororities on campus. Expansion is better solution than attempting to limit membership. That is why there was so much disappointment over the failure of Zeta to colonize. It impacts the entire Tulane community not just the disappointed PNMs.

A minimum GPA isn't against NPC rules. I also highly doubt a GPA minimum is related to growth but to improving academics. Please give supporting documentation for these types of claims. Rumors can start easily and need to be substantiated before being passed on GC.

[nolagreek]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

A minimum GPA isn't against NPC rules. I also highly doubt a GPA minimum is related to growth but to improving academics. Please give supporting documentation for these types of claims. Rumors can start easily and need to be substantiated before being passed on GC.

Here is the supporting documentation:

From NPC MOI (2013), Unanimous agreement II, section C, item iiii:

A College Panhellenic Council shall take no action that infringes on the sovereignty, rights or privileges of the individual NPC fraternities. Infringements include the following:
iii. Requiring a scholastic grade point average as a condition for a woman’s participation in the membership recruitment process.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by nolagreek

Here is the supporting documentation:

From NPC MOI (2013), Unanimous agreement II, section C, item iiii:

A College Panhellenic Council shall take no action that infringes on the sovereignty, rights or privileges of the individual NPC fraternities. Infringements include the following:
iii. Requiring a scholastic grade point average as a condition for a woman’s participation in the membership recruitment process.

CPC may not, but a university can require their students to maintain a certain GPA to participate in any activity they deem proper. There are fine lines used by universities to mandate GPA requirements. The NPC does not have the standing to question them. The CPC and the university are two different entities. The CPC is a group of NPC chapters.

[nolagreek]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

CPC may not, but a university can require their students to maintain a certain GPA to participate in any activity they deem proper. There are fine lines used by universities to mandate GPA requirements. The NPC does not have the standing to question them. The CPC and the university are two different entities. The CPC is a group of NPC chapters.

Exactly my point. The university and CPC are different entities. The university can have requirements that do not follow NPC rules.