sorority comments

may be fab at Alabama but REALLY weak at many nearby schools such as Tennessee and Auburn...just not great in the SEC.

of the comments below are RIDICULOUS reasons for choosing a new chapter to colonize at Ole Miss. Just because they weren't good or aren't good at a nearby school is irrelevant. Pick a sorority that is strong nationally...bottom line!

I agree with you; however the reasons listed will affect the success of any new chapters.

of bad members can affect the reputation of Ole Miss sorority. Don't let them fool you more and more of us are seeing the truth.

Not a traditionally Southern sorority, but on the rise. Their chapter at Bama is doing really well.

National strength is important, but unles it is combined with a good reputation in the state/region, it means very little.

For a new group to be successful at Ole Miss - which I believe will be EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, regardless the group - there will HAVE to be a great reputation at some other nearby school. Because, face it, every girl wants to be proud to go home wearing her letters...and if she joins a group at her school that is NOT good in her hometown, she won't want to wear her letters at home and her ability to recruit the "good" girls from her hometown will be nonexistent.

It might not be this way up North...but down South you'd better believe that it's SUPER important to pledge a "good" group and one that is "popular" with your hometown crowd. If a group has closed a chapter for low membership in the last 2-3 decades, it's not gonna go. Period.

Speaking as a sorority advisor at a school with a STRONG Greek Life program, I can tell you this:

national strength contd...

Chartering a chapter is hard enough with all the odds in your favor.. But, chartering a chapter at Southern school steeped in tradition with a student population that is over 80% Greek is a hard sell. Ask anyone associated with Ole Miss.

If the students who attend school there are not at least familiar with the group at some other school that's close by, it'll never work. I don't care how much time & $$ the national org stuffs into the chapter... It ain't gonna work if the 18-24 crowd hasn't heard good things from some other nearby campus. That's just a fact.

End of story.

So, to be honest....for a new sorority - any colonization will be successful based on the approach of the organization and the resources they are willing to commit to the success of the new group. So, with all of the groups, need to consider their ability - financial commitment to a house as this is very important at Ole Miss - more so than the fact that one of the groups had a chapter in Miss that closed 20 years ago. A 4 million dollar house will speak to student more - it is an important piece. The current college students won't care - they will want to know how the group can support panhellenic and bring something to campus. National strength and SEC strength/presence is very important...shouldn't think so otherwise.

Amen. And what's the alternative to not expanding -- letting chapters get up to 400 or 500 members?

No one is suggesting that there is any debate on the need to expand at Ole Miss. It's obvious.

The only question is how they'll choose the group(s) to invite to campus. I believe the "regional popularity" argument is valid - especially with how ingrained Greek Life is at Southern schools.

If a national org is going to pour the money into chartering a chapter at Ole Miss and build a house, they'd better be really sure that the reputation of the other chapters in the area is up to snuff...cause if it's not, they'll be pouring millions right down the drain. True statement.