<p>Cornell was the founding chapter of Delta Chi. His brother being a legacy would help get him in the door but most fraternities only really care if you’re a legacy of that particular chapter.</p>
<p>Here’s the thing with Delta Chi at UA. We got booted off campus in the mid 90’s for reasons I don’t want to discuss. We then came back for a year and got booted again for alcohol violations while on our probationary period. What was once a solid fraternity was decimated. There are probably only 5 - 6 fraternities at UA strong enough to not really feel the effects of getting kicked off campus. And I’m not sure anyone other than the Deke’s and SAE could recover from getting booted off twice within such a short period of time.</p>
<p>Numbers remained down during most of the 2000’s. However the last 5 years have shown a continued growth and a few renovation projects have taken place inside the house including a much needed kitchen renovation. Last years pledge class was solid and numbers aren’t far off from where they should/need to be. Another class or two like last year and things should be back to where they were in the 80’s and early 90’s when we were firmly in the top half of fraternities on campus.</p>
<p>BTW, Coleman Coliseum is named after Jefferson Coleman who was a Delta Chi at UA. Richard Shelby was also a Delta Chi at UA but doesn’t acknowledge it much for political reasons.</p>
<p>So to turn a short story long. I do suggest your son give Delta Chi a look and see how he likes it for himself. However he should look around at all the other houses too and see where he fits in best.</p>