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Poster Name:
The Tea

Poster Message:
In order for a sorority to be successful at UA (or similar large state school), the sorority must be able to fund the building of large, expensive house. It is the expectation of young women who go through recruitment that every house will have one. The problem with most of the NPC sororities not on campus is that they don't have the financial resources to build such a house. Most of them are at smaller schools where chapter sizes are smaller. Smaller chapter sizes mean fewer members paying dues and fewer alumnae funding endowments. Also the groups not on campus in general are the younger NPC groups, again contributing to a smaller alumnae base compared to the groups on campus which are in general older organizations. When these smaller groups try to compete with larger ones at large state schools, they do not tend to do well. For example, ASA has chapters at Arizona and Indiana, and the chapters tend to struggle in recruitment as they are unhoused unlike the other sororities on campus. I think another point someone made above is valid. Some of the groups not on campus tend to have chapters which are concentrated in geographic areas not in the Southeast. That can be a factor in that there are often fewer alumnae in the area to provide hands-on support to a large chapter such as the ones at UA. When a chapter is starting out, the need for alumnae support is greatest, and not having that support can be detrimental. If there were a large city like Atlanta nearby which draws people from all over the country, that might help, but there really isn't that kind of city near campus. Of the sororities not on campus, AXiD would be the most likely to come as it is the most similar to the ones already on campus. That said, they might not be willing to take the financial risk of establishing a new chapter considering their prior history. I think the success of SK may factor into things, as their history is similar to Alpha Xi's. Even if UA were to open to extension, some of the remaining NPC would not submit an application for consideration because of the factors I listed above.