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04-30-2013, 03:09 PM
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1. Alpha Epsilon Phi is still on campus. That was just a posting mistake.
2. Not sure about Zeta Tau Alpha. It's not in the official chapter history that I have, but it's very possible.
3. According to the records I have, Alpha Xi Delta was on campus from 1905-1972, then 1980-1998. That would have been the most recent attempt by a NPC chapter to return to campus/colonize--at least that I am aware of. This is all based on the information we were given.
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I was at Madison ten years ago and don't remember anything about ZTA trying to colonize. I would be very surprised if that was the case, since about half the sororities were below total at the time. ZTA also has no history on campus (they're the only large NPC that doesn't), and I think UW would opt for a recolonization before opening up to new groups.
Kappa Delta was the most recent recolonization attempt--they were on campus briefly during the late 80s/early 90s. (1990-93, it looks like from the list above.) I believe they, AGD and AXiD were the most recent groups to leave campus, so they'd probably all be attractive options for a recolonization--AXiD in particular has a strong presence in the state--but obviously, as the list above makes clear, there are no shortage of options if they want to go with a re-colonization!
I've been patiently awaiting this news for about, uh, four years now so needless to say, I'm pretty excited.
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It's interesting, because I was always under the impression that Greek Life isn't that big at UW, and a huge number of the people I know who went there remained independent.
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It's about ten percent of campus, but obviously campus is pretty big. If you're not Greek, you barely notice they exist, but if you do go Greek, the system still encompasses 2,500 students, so it feels big.
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My understanding is it was pretty big (typical of Big 10), and when the drinking age changed Greek life fell hard. I think they didn't know what to do for fun if not drinking. Then over the last several years as interest has grown nationally, it has at UW too. But that's my perception, not hard fact.
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Membership patterns here have pretty much followed national patterns--a huge loss of membership in the nonconforming '70s, followed by a spike in the '80s and early '90s, another weak period in the late '90s/early '00s and another growth period since the mid-2000s. (Switching to the new release figures helped the growth of the sorority system a lot!) If anything, the drinking age change actually spurred Greek membership here, because when 18-year-olds couldn't go to bars anymore, they turned to other social outlets like the Greek system. The years just after the age change were the height of the Greek system here--the aforementioned Kappa Delta recolonization that "failed" after just three years actually had as many members when it closed as the biggest chapters on campus did when I went to school ten years later!
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04-30-2013, 03:17 PM
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Delta Sigma Phi has been invited to colonize at Bradley University(IL) in Spring '14. Congratulations and good luck.
http://www.bradleyscout.com/news/ifc...ith-delta-sig/
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04-30-2013, 04:07 PM
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Kappa Delta was the most recent recolonization attempt--they were on campus briefly during the late 80s/early 90s. (1990-93, it looks like from the list above.) I believe they, AGD and AXiD were the most recent groups to leave campus, so they'd probably all be attractive options for a recolonization--AXiD in particular has a strong presence in the state--but obviously, as the list above makes clear, there are no shortage of options if they want to go with a re-colonization!
I've been patiently awaiting this news for about, uh, four years now so needless to say, I'm pretty excited.
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The information we were given is that Kappa Delta was on campus from 1920-1973. I didn't receive anything about them recolonizing--that doesn't mean it didn't happen, but it just wasn't in the information officially given to us.
And yes, after that, AGD (1987) and AXiD( 1998) are the most recent to leave.
There are a lot of organizations with history here, and also some with very strong alumnae groups in the area, so I expect there will be a lot of interest.
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04-30-2013, 04:50 PM
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Kappa Delta indeed attempted a recolonization in the early 90's. It lasted 3 years.
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04-30-2013, 04:53 PM
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Pi Kappa Phi rechartered their McNeese State University(LA) chapter recently.
Zeta Beta Tau has colonized at the University of Arizona. The colony currently has 20 founding fathers.
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04-30-2013, 05:01 PM
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The information we were given is that Kappa Delta was on campus from 1920-1973. I didn't receive anything about them recolonizing--that doesn't mean it didn't happen, but it just wasn't in the information officially given to us.
And yes, after that, AGD (1987) and AXiD( 1998) are the most recent to leave.
There are a lot of organizations with history here, and also some with very strong alumnae groups in the area, so I expect there will be a lot of interest.
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Not sure why the information sheet wouldn't include it (other than that the time they were on campus was short enough that they managed to skip over it somehow?). The info that kchaptergphib posted lists the dates, and you can check them out starting in the 1990 Badger yearbook . . . which is worth looking over for the hairdos alone!
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04-30-2013, 05:21 PM
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Not sure why the information sheet wouldn't include it (other than that the time they were on campus was short enough that they managed to skip over it somehow?). The info that kchaptergphib posted lists the dates, and you can check them out starting in the 1990 Badger yearbook . . . which is worth looking over for the hairdos alone!
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That yearbook shot is great!
I don't doubt kchaptergphib's dates (I actually know her well and never doubt anything she says when it comes to sorority information ), but again, I'm just going off the official information the committee was given. I really don't know why they didn't include it. Maybe because it lasted 3 years? Now I'm curious...
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04-30-2013, 05:22 PM
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Not sure why the information sheet wouldn't include it (other than that the time they were on campus was short enough that they managed to skip over it somehow?). The info that kchaptergphib posted lists the dates, and you can check them out starting in the 1990 Badger yearbook . . . which is worth looking over for the hairdos alone!
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Hey, hey...let's take it easy on the 1990 hair comments. Some of us miss (not quite that much) volume. Flat hair ain't for everyone.
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04-30-2013, 05:32 PM
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Not sure why the information sheet wouldn't include it (other than that the time they were on campus was short enough that they managed to skip over it somehow?). The info that kchaptergphib posted lists the dates, and you can check them out starting in the 1990 Badger yearbook . . . which is worth looking over for the hairdos alone!
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Just took a look at the pictures. Things you can see in Greek Life sections of yearbooks then that you would never see now:
- pictures where members are holding beer cups or alcohol containers!
- telling where the sorority's or fraternity's favorite bar was in their info!
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04-30-2013, 09:27 PM
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ECU Expansion
Congrats to Phi Mu for your upcoming colony at East Carolina!
By chance does anyone know who else presented at ECU?
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04-30-2013, 11:26 PM
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First, I am so sorry for Alpha Epsilon Phi for the mistake in my first (now corrected) post. They are indeed still a very active chapter on campus!
Second, I copied and pasted the info from IrishPipes' thread, which has also been cross-referenced with various folks' (including my own) most recent (so, you know, 20-year-old) Baird's Manual, so it's fairly accurate, if you don't count the last twenty years.
I had not heard of any attempts by ZTA to colonize in the late 90s/early 00s, but I will defer to someone who was in town at the time, or what info was given to the most excellent BlueCarnation, et al!
Thanks, and sorry for the mistakes!
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05-01-2013, 12:39 AM
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Just took a look at the pictures. Things you can see in Greek Life sections of yearbooks then that you would never see now:
- pictures where members are holding beer cups or alcohol containers!
- telling where the sorority's or fraternity's favorite bar was in their info!
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This is so true--there are also pictures like this in my college yearbook. I remember alumnae telling us that in the 50's/60's it was acceptable to smoke during chapter meetings at all the sorority houses.
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05-01-2013, 12:46 AM
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I don't remember smoking in chapter meetings but if you chose to smoke there were lessons in how to light a cigarette "like a lady" and when and where it was acceptable to smoke. I recall you had to be seated and some other things I don't remember. I also remember "girdle checks" . I kid your not!!!
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05-01-2013, 10:40 AM
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Second, I copied and pasted the info from IrishPipes' thread, which has also been cross-referenced with various folks' (including my own) most recent (so, you know, 20-year-old) Baird's Manual, so it's fairly accurate, if you don't count the last twenty years.
I had not heard of any attempts by ZTA to colonize in the late 90s/early 00s, but I will defer to someone who was in town at the time, or what info was given to the most excellent BlueCarnation, et al!
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And for those who rely on my list and others -
Baird's - considered the authority by many - is only fairly accurate. I have found plenty of mistakes in it, and as kchaptergphib said, it hasn't been updated since 1991. And, Baird's wouldn't have record of a failed colony if it never chartered. So, all of us "listers" do the best we can using information from a variety of sources, but I wouldn't say any of our lists are perfect.
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