Sorry for crashing your board (I was reading Reagan thoughts), but I wanted to chime in here. A guy I went to high school with told me that he was trying to get the TKE chapter started at UTK a few years back (sometime between 96-01) but said that they weren't recognized by campus. I don't know if that helps you out any or makes any sense, but I do recall him telling me about this.
Interesting article from a couple of years ago:
http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/article.php/2267
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