Schools that need to open for NPC expansion

[Smile_Awhile]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Interesting. Just found this online.

Phi Mu re-established their Alpha Beta Chapter in 2012 and will build their new home on Maple Street.

The article is 6 months old. I hope this is true that Phi Mu has a lot on Maple! If they do, my Fayetteville contacts don't know about it, but hopefully progress has been made!

You lead me on a hunt, where I found this: about the UA Alpha Chi Omega house.


I might know more come August; a close family friend will be going through recruitment there this fall!

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by Smile_Awhile

You lead me on a hunt, where I found this: about the UA Alpha Chi Omega house.


I might know more come August; a close family friend will be going through recruitment there this fall!

Any idea where the lot is?

[33girl]

Re Colgate, just cause I got curious. Looking at the chapter websites, one only has 110 members. Is that chapter small/below total, was this quota of 65 some weird spike, or does the system have a retention problem?

[ARKTTKA]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Any idea where the lot is?

Based on the Kinco inset and the UA campus map, it looks to be between AOPi and KKG. I am assuming one is AXO and the other is Phi Mu. It also looks like LXA is under renovation and I know Pi Phi is planning a rebuild in the near future.

[Griffins&Quills]

This thread is magic, Texas Tech and U of Florida are now open, or just really good at predicting haha

[pinksequins]

Colgate: You must be sophomore level to go through recruitment. It's a retention issue, though heaven knows there aren't many places to live in Hamilton, and there have been some town/gown issues in the past. I love, love, love the GPB blue house.

[pinksequins]

Clarification for Colgate: All of the groups have a retention issue. New member classes are huge because there are only 3 NPC groups, and, if you can dig up older copies of the University paper, the administration has not been Greek-friendly. Theta closed at Colgate roughly the same time that it closed at Johns Hopkins. Like JHU (now recolonized), I think Theta has an agreement to return at some point to Colgate.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Clarification for Colgate: All of the groups have a retention issue. New member classesand are huge because there are only 3 NPC groups, and, if you can dig up older copies of the University paper, the administration has not been Greek-friendly. Theta closed at Colgate roughly the same time that it closed at Johns Hopkins. Like JHU (now recolonized), I think Theta has an agreement to return at some point to Colgate.

That's kind of what I figured. And to make a giant assumption with regards to northern vs southern sorority size, probably part of the retention issue is that the women feel the pledge classes are too big.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Clarification for Colgate: All of the groups have a retention issue. New member classes are huge because there are only 3 NPC groups, and, if you can dig up older copies of the University paper, the administration has not been Greek-friendly. Theta closed at Colgate roughly the same time that it closed at Johns Hopkins. Like JHU (now recolonized), I think Theta has an agreement to return at some point to Colgate.

I think it's interesting that both groups continued to function as underground sororities after their charters were withdrawn. According to an article I found, Colgate's suspension of the Theta chapter ended this past school year, so it looks like a new Theta chapter could return as soon as this fall. I am curious to see how sorority life will grow on this campus.

[wavycutchip]

Re: Arkansas Lots - Yes. If you follow this link, and go to page 3 there is a better visual of where the two lots and houses will be: http://planning.uark.edu/capital_bud...phimu_arch.pdf

[carnation]

As some of you know, UA knocked down my grandmother's house after she died and the AOII House now backs right up to her former property. They built a huge parking lot over it. Now I guess they'll rip up the parking lot and part of the Phi Mu house will be on it, no matter which site is used.

I hope they treat her poodle's grave with respect.

[pinksequins]

Exactly. Colgate Panhellenic believes that an optimal chapter size is around 100 to 120, and the chapters are far too large. (A similar argument in favor of expansion was made at W&L before ADPi colonized.) At least one women's group on campus has made the case (a la Dartmouth) for gender parity -- an equal number of fraternities and sororities. A lot of these letters are (or were) available on the University website. A very interesting University -- high academics and selectivity make it desirable, but there is a bucketful of challenges as well. Advising is a challenge -- a lot can be done long-distance, but Utica is the closest city and there isn't a large grad program (where there may be alumnae students). Syracuse/Manlius is a good 30 miles west.

[Griffins&Quills]

^ I'm curious when Clemson will open again

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

^ I'm curious when Clemson will open again

In my opinion we could support at least one more chapter, probably two, and I hope that we vote to open after recruitment this fall! I could wax poetic about reasons for and against so I won't get myself started but I would love to have another group come on board.

[Griffins&Quills]

I was really hoping we would get it the last time y'all opened. Sigh. Perhaps the next time.