Times Have Changed

Posted on Feb 13 2019 - 5:12pm

50 years later, the house you remember is still there, pretty much in the same state as when you left Potsdam.  The Outback was removed in 2002 for structural reasons and a $51K tear down and rebuild of the Kitchen was completed in 2018.

While the house remains the same, the “economics” of running it have changed.  6 rooms and 10 “income sources” were lost when the Outback was removed.  Greek membership has decreased nationwide over the last two decades.  Clarkson rules limit pledging to students with a 2.5 GPA.  Clarkson has completed the move to the uphill campus, no more classes downtown. 

The Active chapter lives in a different world than the one most of us remember while at Clarkson. 

Through all of this ΤΕΦ has learned to adapt and continues to thrive at Clarkson, while seven fraternities have folded and two had to be recolonize after years of inactivity.

ΤΕΦ is now the 4th oldest consecutively recognized fraternity at Clarkson !