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I JUST saw this, and I'm really confused! Anyone who's gone to UH knows that the the Greek Park isn't anywhere near any of the dorm housing areas! It's actually pretty secluded! As loud as it may get, it sure isn't any worse than living in the dorms! I know that from personal experience! Additionally, as a former RA, I know that the majority of the noise complaints I dealt with were within the housing area. People who live in the Towers (the closest to the Greek Park site) don't really hear much of the outside world. The Quad is further down the street, and very little can be heard from their distance! Cougar Place and the new apartment complex are SEVERAL blocks down the road!
This just seems like people talking crap for the hell of it. The Greek system at UH is small in comparison to other schools, and I'd be more concerned about the noise from the drunks, a drive-by, or cars loud music passing by! (UH is located in the Third Ward of Houston...not exactly a nice neighborhood!) This whole thing sounds like crap to me! aj |
I just saw the photos in the Lyre-AXO mag. Looks great!
ajuhdg-I have to agree with you! Not just noisy dorms, but I lived in MANY apt complexes with guns going off-loud drunks-alarms ambulances-family fueds... Geesh-noise was the least of my worries. MOST dorms get rowdy, unless you're in the scholars dorm. Even with a specified "quiet time", the walls were kind of thin and you could hear all sorts of things!:eek: The whole article reads like a conspiracy theory! Discrimination, payoffs... I'm so sure the Greeks have the UHPD in their pockets. :rolleyes: |
AXO has a lot of pics of Greek Park and their house in particular!
Greek Park I can't wait to get back to the states and see it for myself! aj |
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i didn't realize that there were some univ of houston people here. and i totally missed this thread when it first started. anyway...
from a bglo perspective, bayou oaks was definitely NOT an option. dr. lee tried to persuade us to support it every opportunity he got. they even did an entire spill at our officer induction meeting for the NPHC! for the most part, i didn't give it much thought because i knew i was graduating before construction was going to be complete. as a student who lived on campus the entire time i was at u of h (i lived in cullen oaks my last 2 years but i still consider that "on campus), i was definitely in support of bringing more housing to u of h. but, i thought that the cost was too high to have to share a bedroom. with the cost of rent for each person and the number of people it takes to completely occupy a house plus all associated costs MINUS the option to buy didn't equal any urgency or desire to move in over there. also, as is the case at most schools and those who went to/go to u of h know, our orgs. have smaller memberships. when it was explained to us that if we didn't have enough people to fill a house, they would add another organization in with us, we were like "HELL NO!!" i was curious as to what the relations between us, the black greeks, and the rest of the greek community would be if we all lived over there. |
I dont' think that filling the house is even really an issue. If I remember correctly, I believe the MOST that these houses can sleep is 10. (I believe that the DG house only sleeps 6.) With most of our numbers in the 50's, this isn't that big of a deal. Sigmu Nu had problems filling their house when it first opened. They slept 36.
By putting all GLO's together (and I'm pretty sure other than NPC and IFC, there is at least one Hispanic GLO living there too) better relationships may be developed. I think that the GLO's at UH realize they are in the minority, and fight to maintain their reputations and increase involvement. aj |
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that was an issue with my frat brothers whose chapter totaled 4. and please correct me if i'm wrong, but when the developers were campaigning all over campus, i think they said the occupancy was supposed to be higher than 10. at any rate, there definitely wasn't enough interest with my sorors for us to even consider bayou oaks. Quote:
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Oh, and for mommag2, Kappa Delta Chi is living at Greek Park. I remember Omega Delta Phi was trying to get housing, but I don't know if that worked out. aj |
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well, i don't know, i lived on campus the whole time (1 year in the towers, 2 years in the quads and 2 years in cullen oaks...yeah, it took me 5 years :p ) and i never really had that school spirit either. by the way, when were you at uh? |
I don't know about other groups, but filling the house is not a problem with DZ beacause there is a rule that you cannot live in the dorms if there is an open spot in the house. You are required to fill the spot. If you don't, then the rent is prorated through the chapter. Filling the spots has not been a problem with DZ since pretty much everyone wants to live there...also, I thought the DZ house slept 12...And I know that some of the guys have more room too.
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*because (sorry, I didn't spellcheck)
In saying house, I mean Greek Row townhouse...but DZ house rules apply there. Same thing when DZ had an actual "house" house near UH. |
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I lived in the Towers for a year, and quickly moved off campus after that! I was at UH from Fall '96 to Dec '00. aj |
get outta here! i'm from dallas too. i only stayed 1 year in the towers. i had fun but i couldn't do the community bathrooms anymore. ugh!
my parents wouldn't let me move off campus though. |
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