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This is super old news, but here are the facts since both posts have some wild inaccuracies. Gamma Phi pledged an AA PNM in 2003, the first at UA to join a “white” sorority. They were not upper middle, they had only been on campus about 14 years at the time. After this they were shut out by most of the other sororities and fraternities. They lost about half their members (some because of the fallout, some because of the circumstances) as well as a lot of alumnae support. Several gphis did believe the pledge was given a bid outside of normal voting practices and wrote an editorial for the crimson white that gphi’s internationals eventually refuted. It took them until almost 2010 to meet quota again during rush. The big rumor that accompanies the facts: Gphi pledged the PNM because the machine decided it was time to desegregate and promised Gphi a spot if they did (most likely true). Obviously this did not happen and it took them over a decade to recover from the treatment they received. What is unclear is why the machine apparently changed their minds and ostracized Gphi for doing what they asked. The whole thing is massively embarrassing for everyone but gamma phi. Basically the only reason they survived is because RFM was introduced at the same time this happened.