2023/2024 New Chapters/Expansions/Charters/Closures

[PGD-GRAD]

Gamma Phi has been on that campus since 1929…going on 100 years. And I just read that in the spring the campus is choosing a NEW SORORITY—either Alpha Phi or Alpha Delta Pi.
That just seems CRUEL and SO UNFAIR. How dare they immediately replace a chapter that old with a new group? They need more competition, but….

[carnation]

Originally Posted by PGD-GRAD

Gamma Phi has been on that campus since 1929…going on 100 years. And I just read that in the spring the campus is choosing a NEW SORORITY—either Alpha Phi or Alpha Delta Pi.
That just seems CRUEL and SO UNFAIR. How dare they immediately replace a chapter that old with a new group? They need more competition, but….

My cousin's wife was an ADPi there. They folded awhile back.

I feel that Greekrank had a lot to do with Gamma Phi closing.

[Cookiez17]

Originally Posted by carnation

My cousin's wife was an ADPi there. They folded awhile back.

I feel that Greekrank had a lot to do with Gamma Phi closing.

There was a thread "declaring" who would be the new bottom . This is exactly why Gphi closed and why they haven't had a new chapter come on in ages. I hope this causes everyone to take a long look at themselves and the toxic attitudes they've had.

[TLLK]

Originally Posted by Cookiez17

There was a thread "declaring" who would be the new bottom . This is exactly why Gphi closed and why they haven't had a new chapter come on in ages. I hope this causes everyone to take a long look at themselves and the toxic attitudes they've had.

I saw that and was so annoyed because it appears the toxic atmosphere that negatively impacted Gamma Phi Beta is continuing on that campus.

[PKT4LIFE]

Originally Posted by carnation

My cousin's wife was an ADPi there. They folded awhile back.

I feel that Greekrank had a lot to do with Gamma Phi closing.

ADPi and ZTA still own their homes at SMU. They are leased out as "Panhellenic Houses I and II". Maybe one will return if SMU is open to expansion.

"Panhellenic I and II Houses are independently managed by the housing corporations of two national sorority chapters who are not currently operating at SMU. Alpha Delta Pi and Zeta Tau Alpha house corporations lease out their houses to affiliated sorority women through their own independent processes."

[TLLK]

Originally Posted by carnation

My cousin's wife was an ADPi there. They folded awhile back.

I feel that Greekrank had a lot to do with Gamma Phi closing.

So with ADPi previously having been established at SMU would that give them priority over another organization?

[carnation]

Some sororities, when they leave, get some kind of written agreement that they have first dibs when a new sorority is wanted. I don't know if ADPi had one.

[TLLK]

Originally Posted by carnation

Some sororities, when they leave, get some kind of written agreement that they have first dibs when a new sorority is wanted. I don't know if ADPi had one.

Thank you carnation. I was always under the impression that chapters that had closed would have a priority if they wished to return, but that doesn't seem to be the case in every situation.

[carnation]

I know some colleges that instead of inviting sororities to present, asked back a group that had left. No presentations from anyone.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by PGD-GRAD

Gamma Phi has been on that campus since 1929…going on 100 years. And I just read that in the spring the campus is choosing a NEW SORORITY—either Alpha Phi or Alpha Delta Pi.
That just seems CRUEL and SO UNFAIR. How dare they immediately replace a chapter that old with a new group? They need more competition, but….

I don't believe cruelty and daring necessarily has anything to do with their leaving. They simply saw the handwriting on the wall. According to old greekchat NPC Chapters and Campuses listings (by irishpipes) for SMU, Gamma Phi Beta has had more than a few low-number formal recruitment runs during the past decade. It's likely they knew for awhile the campus was bringing in a new group, making it doubly hard for any struggling group to continue a numbers rebound.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by PGD-GRAD

Gamma Phi has been on that campus since 1929…going on 100 years. And I just read that in the spring the campus is choosing a NEW SORORITY—either Alpha Phi or Alpha Delta Pi.
That just seems CRUEL and SO UNFAIR. How dare they immediately replace a chapter that old with a new group? They need more competition, but….

Yes, it does seem unfair to GPhiB to bring on another organization, either while they are open or just as they are closing. And trust me, I wish that this chapter (and other low recruiting chapters) would get a group of young ladies to join en masse and revitalize the chapter; but, you cannot force anyone to join a chapter they just refuse to. So, in order to keep numbers down, it becomes necessary to bring on another organization, even with one that is (often severely) below total and not making quota.

I'm sure that the FSL admins did not wish for Gamma Phi Beta to close, but had to make a decision about the growth and health of the local NPC org. It was certainly not a decision taken lightly.