Clemson Theta closing

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

If you don’t have a house to maintain, or are in dorm wings that can gradually decrease the amount of rooms used, I wouldn’t see why ever not. It would allow the women to spend their chapter’s last days with a focus on fun and sisterhood, instead of being worried and stressed and forced into holding near constant open bid parties. Contrary to what some people believe, there is no minimum amount of time that must lapse before recolonization. And if the women are on campus anyway, what’s the difference? Keeping the chapter open might be a better alternative as the women would still be bound to follow risk management policies. I’m not sure how much “unaffiliated collegians” are subject to those type rules.

Not sure if you've ever dealt with a recolonization with women from previous classes (who are basically alumnae as collegians) still on campus but it is a nightmare and it never works (hositility, obvious us. v. them, the hurt is still fresh, reputation persists, etc.)

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Not sure if you've ever dealt with a recolonization with women from previous classes (who are basically alumnae as collegians) still on campus but it is a nightmare and it never works (hositility, obvious us. v. them, the hurt is still fresh, reputation persists, etc.)

Between 33girl's post and the one she was commenting on, interpreted it as: Let these women continue operating as a chapter, each class will graduate, no one will be recruited, and eventually the chapter will close on it's own. Then recolonization could occur within a year or two.

But perhaps I'm mistaken.

[33girl]

Ohhhh yeah. I was right in the middle of that shiz and would never ever advise it. I just mean that keeping the chapter open and not participating in rush is no different than closing the chapter and the women still being on campus. The women are still going to be on campus and graduate at the same rate. It’s their presence that creates the tension, not whether the chapter is actually open or closed. Keeping it running for say 2 more years isn’t going to postpone a recolonization. (I.e. there is no written rule that a chapter must be closed for x years.)

[celebcj]

Clemson doesn't have a chapter house, right? So with such a low operating cost, how could the financials have been THAT bad to warrant a full closure? I think there's something more to the story.