By Carmen Bourlon, Senior Staff Writer
Given the record number of women who received sorority bids this year, officials are researching possibilities to expand the Greek system.
While nothing is set in stone, officials are trying to see what it would take to host a fourth sorority on campus, said Lee Hall, assistant director for student life.
“All that will happen this year is we will educate ourselves about the expansion process,” she said.
Discussion of a fourth sorority started when more and more girls went through recruitment, Hall said.
“It just seems like a good time to investigate the idea,” she said. “But it isn’t anything that’s going to happen this year.”
Students have mixed feelings about sorority expansion.
Kayle Marshall, nursing freshman, and a member of Alpha Phi sorority, said she thinks adding a fourth house would be a good idea.
“That way we can have more girls,” she said. “Maybe if we had another house everyone would have a chance to get a bid.”
Meredith St. George, university studies freshman, and a member of Alpha Phi sorority said she also thinks adding a fourth house would be a good idea.
“I think that’d be really cool,” she said. “Maybe that way we could have more events.”
Sarah Himes, English sophomore, said she doesn’t know very much about the Greek system.
“I just don’t know what else a fourth sorority would bring to campus,” she said.
The last time the university had a fourth sorority was in 1987, said Carla Hamblan, administrative assistant for Delta Zeta national headquarters. The sorority was on campus for 36 years and was chartered in 1951.
Delta Zeta officials did not return a phone call about why the sorority left campus.
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