Question about sleeping porches: Is everyone assigned their own bed or do you get in where you fit in?

Yeah if they are community beds, I think that it is a very good system. For one thing it would give a member a place to sleep if they didn't live in house without entering a private room. And I can see it being more efficient space wise.

Yes, but you know how those XYZ girls are, and one could get pregnant after sleeping on their sheets. :D

Jokes aside, I think the idea of getting in where you fit in is a bit unsanitary, unless the chapter has the money to pay a maid to change all the sheets every night. I mean I've slept in girlfriends' beds before without the sheets being changed, but...making it a nightly custom? Ehh. I dunno about that.

I'm only speaking for my house, but we signed up for bed locations (even live-outs) and the extra beds are where guests sleep, so you're not sleeping on someone else's gross sheets, haha. Just your own ;)

This has been my experience as well, where women are assigned a bed to sleep in. As far as I know, that's the way it's done at most chapters (if not all) at the campus I advise at.

Hmm...Interesting. Thanks for the info.

back in the day, my house had sleeping porches as well as some sleep-in rooms. those of us on the sleeping porches chose our bed for the year as well as which sleeping porch we wanted.

the nice thing about sleeping porches, was no matter what time of the day(or night) the s.p.'s were dark and quiet and you could grab a nap whenever.

Back in the day at my Chapter the pledges who had morning phone duty also had wake up duty for the sleeping porches.

Do fraternities do this as well? If so that brings up a rather delicate question.

Usually it's first come first searve at the beginining of the year, then you stay in that particular bed all year/semester.

Some do but it's not as common, one fraternity at my school does I think but I've never seen it. I'm going to assume that it's the same as it is in sororities.

I think I know where this is going, lol.

And you would be right. lol.

at my school I guess just the new freshman/sophomores who are living in have to sleep on the porch. I've heard some of the guys put up "privacy curtains". I still would find that to be incredibly awkward for all parties involved.

Quick question: I know its different for every school/chapter but about how many years would you live in the house? And what years? Thanks! :)

Well, that's different in each house too, but at my house you can stay as long as you are a member as long as there is room. I know a girl who has lived in the house all four years because she joined in informal recruitment and there were extra rooms in the Spring semester.
My sorority requires you to stay at the house unless you are an RA, petition to live off campus, live within commuting distance, sign a contract with the apartments, or are a First Year Experience Mentor (people who help the Freshmen during your first semester...I'm pretty sure my campus is the only one that has these, or at least one of few). This is only a requirement for us because our Housing Council wants us to fill capacity.