Little Trips

So in the Spring semester I am going to try take short trips to places with a small amount of chapters which are not too widely distributed throughout the state. Thanks to Spirit Air $9 Club, it won't kill my budget to take these trips.

Georgia would be a perfect candidate for one of these 4-day weekend trips. There are five chapters there: Gamma Nu at Emory, Gamma Omega at the GA Institute of Technology, Delta Alpha at the University of GA, Delta Beta at GA State University, and Epsilon Alpha at Kennesaw State. Most of these chapters are in the Atlanta Area except Delta Alpha, which is in Athens. All in all I am pretty sure I can make that trip and not spend an obscene amount of money.

Perhaps an avenue I can explore is identifying the places where there are few chapters to qualify as a weekend trip. One state which falls under this category is Arizona, which have two chapters: Beta Iota chapter in AZ state university in Phoenix and Epsilon Kappa in the University of AZ in Tuscon.

New Mexico has Gamma Kappa chapter in Albuquerque.

West Virginia has Delta Lambda in the University of West Virginia in Morgantown.

Delaware had Delta Pi chapter in Newark, although I think I can save that for a longer trip because the states in that area are significantly smaller, so I can probably take a Greyhound or road trip with people.

Tennessee has three chapters: Gamma Beta in Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Gamma Gamma at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. I'm not quite sure if I would be able to visit all three chapters in the four-ish days I can get there... So either this can be a weekend trip or something for the summer.

Vermont has a brand new chapter in Burlington, Epsilon Zeta.

Virginia has two chapters: Gamma Alpha in University of VA in Charlottesville and Delta Epsilon in George Mason U in Fairfax.

And, as previously mentioned, Wisconsin has one chapter in Madison which would work out for a weekend.

I think that the only issue I might have about these chapters would be that since these would be the only chapters in the state, there is the possibility of them being defunct. I already encountered that with a chapter in Michigan. It's really sad when you hear about chapters not being active. I suppose that this is why Greeks need to support one another because if they don't, who will? And if no one does, your organization dies out.

With that said, I'm really excited about my trip to Detroit. I've already communicated with some sisters and a brother. It's going to be pretty amazing because I want to taste of what it's like to be a Lambda Lady in the state of Michigan. I'm definitely looking forward to this trip! Stay tuned!