new sorority (not sk)

The question is, what do they have to offer to a PNM looking for an alternative sorority experience that SDT or a niche group like ADX doesn't already offer?

Pros:

Less expensive than SDT, which has live-in housing and meals and may still be out of reach of PNMs whose parents can't/won't pay for Greek life.

Unlike ADX, they're a general sorority, meaning they don't have a narrow focus that might turn some PNMs off.

Cons:

They've chosen to affiliate with the UGC, meaning they're going to be mistaken for a special-interest GLO even though they're not. They need to try for associate Panhellenic status if they want to get on PNMs' radar.

Let's face it, they're never going to be relevant socially. At most, they might find a few off-campus frats willing to mix with them. Can they recruit and retain enough members who don't care about all that to be sustainable?

I’d also think they would be both more welcome and more successful if they had told Panhel they were coming or asked people if it was okay to come. Just showing up on campus and handing out flyers isn’t going to build a strong relationship with other groups on campus and it will likely attract the kinds of members who know nothing about Greek life and either put no work into building the chapter or quit when they realize the required work. Reminds me of how Kappa came back to OSU this year even though all the Panhel chapters there voted against it.

KKG at OSU has to have been granted overriding permission from either campus higher-ups and/or the OSU greek adviser to recolonize, and it would be silly of KKG to be doing so without NPC approval, too. I doubt that KKG has made it their new policy to (re)colonize wherever and however they want without following the unanimously agreed-upon NPC (re)colonization rules.

Based on what I've read elsewhere, it sounds like KBG has a beef with the NPC for a number of reasons, which would probably explain the "just showing up." I totally agree, though.

Fake news. KBG and NPC have had beef for decades. They used to be an associate member of NPC (basically probation), and were trying to become a full member but they couldn't get enough chapters, so at the end of their associate term or whatever it's called, NPC didn't invite them to join and there's just been bad blood ever since.

But these women won't change quota or how many girls go through rush? They'll just take the girls that get dropped and somehow find them and decide to join... and then those girls will have a below average greek experience which isn't good for UA. Bolstering SDT and getting them ready for formal is much more important than this group who will never get the opportunity to do formal

I'm not a fan of KBG because I feel like Greek Life at Alabama is serious, and this orgabization isn't serious. From what I gather they are just approaching girls who may not have a knowledge of how the Greek system works and convincing them to join an unstable organization. Sure they may pay less but since they won't have enough for sisterhood events, formal, swaps, etc, it won't be a true sorority experience. You literally get what you pay for in Greek organizations and these girls won't be able to do much.

I have also read that they expect to get a house with these low dues is also unlikely. Houses cost money, if they don't have high dues/a wealthy nationals, they will not get a house anywhere.

I think they're just looking to rent an off-campus house. As for formals and swaps, maybe they don't care about all that and they're just in it for the sisterhood? Not everybody wants or needs the structure or programming of a Panhellenic chapter.

I go to a different school and even will low dues we throw large mixers, hold annual and high quality formals, win the Greek Week trophy every year, and have more sisterhood and philanthropy than other orgs on our campus. Its called fundraising. I met the founding members of the Bama chapter and they have the potential to do just as well as a chapter like mine in their own respect. They may not be able to compete on a larger scale but, as a school with only one panhel sorority, I don't feel like I missed out on anything and I'm not breaking the bank. Stay positive ladies.

Yeah — and the KBG chapter at Wake are the same former Pi Beta Phi that was closed for hazing. They got kicked off and came back the next semester as KBG.

Watch out Bama —

Another NPC there (ASA) just got shut down for hazing—it's probably inevitable now that KBG will move in for their ex-members as well as AXO's.