is it time for a new sorority?

Does every post today lead to someone taking a stab at Zeta? Someone is on a roll the last two days and it's so obvious.

But at least whoever it is isn't screaming at people to name the Greek Week events. That was just bizarre.

Zeta Hater, you really never a break, do ya? Your thinly disguised "concern" about Zeta's demise, coupled with your repetitive wording makes you more transparent than ever. It's okay, honey, take a deep breath because Zeta is going to be here another 100 years.

Not a "zeta hater", my sister is a sophomore zeta here and I just know how she feels and what is really going on in the chapter. She's too proudto ever say anything, but the zeta house has a lot of issues, starting with their leadership, and it shows when members are too afraid to stand up to make a change. So yes, I actually do like and Zara about zeta. I just don't have any ties to them and can air their dirty laundry.
Whatever helps them wake up and realize it's time for a change!

The first two have tried and failed on this campus. What makes you think they will be successful the second time around?

`1) Because AGD and AOPi are the two strongest sororities of that list. Both of them are strong in the SEC and would do well here with a clean start.

2) The fact that AGD and AOPi were here in the past means that they have alumnae who are Mizzou grads and would take an even more special and personal interest in getting involved and supporting the chapter so they could see them succeed succeed.

3) Just because a sorority has failed here in the past doesn't mean they can't come in and do well. Look at Sigma Kappa. They were here from 1968-1973 and then from 1990-2004 and reestablished in 2012 and are doing well.

4) Furthermore it has been over 20 years since AGD (1993) and AOPI (1994) disbanded. You shouldn't be holding that over their heads. That is more than enough time for them to have a fresh start. I'm not totally sure what the recruitment numbers were >20 years ago, but I would venture to guess that interest was a lot less back then. Interest in sorority recruitment has been increasing nationally as a whole, and that is the case too with us adding SK and Tri Sig in recent years.

5) If you look at where their chapters are located, AXiD and DZ are just not that strong at big schools like Mizzou. It's the same thing with Tri Sig and look how long it has been taking them to become stable.

We need 2 more houses, but I don't want a repeat of Tri Sig (smaller sorority coming in who is not that strong and has trouble recruiting).

With point #5, I'm not saying that AXiD and DZ don't have chapters in Missouri. All of these sororities have chapters in Missouri. But AGD and AOPi are organizations that, on a national scale, do better at larger schools that are more similar to Mizzou than AXiD and DZ, at least from what I have seen.

Sororities like AXiD and DZ are amazing and I'm NOT trying to take away from that, but a lot of their chapters are located at smaller schools, and that's exactly part of the problem that Tri Sigma is having to deal with (thankfully it seems that they are finally doing better, but I wouldn't call them totally stable yet).

I think the next couple of chapters that come in should be the ones who are more likely to succeed and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that AGD and AOPi are the ones to do that here.

In the 90's recruitment numbers were low and going down and SO MANY chapters were closing from ALL of the Panhellenic Sororities.

That trend has since reversed and is increasing.

It doesn't seem reasonable to hold that against the chapters who had to close because recruitment numbers were just going down down down down at the time.

I would actually wait and see what the recruitment trends are like in the next 3-4 years. Even though the recruitment has increased over the last 10 years, like it did in the 80's, at the annual NIC meeting last Spring, it was noted that another "Rush Recession" may hit again in the 2020 decade like it did in the 90's.

If XYZ is so unpopular, maybe it was a bad fit for the campus to begin with.

That's always a possibility too.

This is a good point...but how would we solve this problem? Because I also agree with the posters saying that we need more sorority houses

Why do we "need" more sorority houses? Our rush has decreased since last year and we still have houses struggling to meet quota. Schools like ole miss with quotas as big as 160 and their "weakest" link is still thriving are places that need new houses. Mizzou has a good amount for now. Sigma needs to get more established first before we think about a new house.