http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...t=32105&page=2 -- post #64

Old Row is Colonial Drive ... the newer houses are the next street over.

Houses on Old Row are Phi Mu, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Kappa Alpha Theta.

I thought Alpha Gam was old row and First Circle.

Now, I did my undergrad at Florida and simply teach here now ... but you are correct in Alpha Gam was there originally. Apparently, when they enlarged the stadium, the KD house and Alpha Gam house were moved ... the Tri-Delts chose to build a new house ... I think. I merely mentioned the only surviving houses.

Welcome to all the new Zetas!
 

Congrats to your friend, and Bamazta's daughter, too! ;););)

[COLOR="MediumTurquoise"]WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW ZETAS![/COLOR]

My son is a Pi Kapp at Bama, a Junior this year, and he and his friends go to the stadium to watch the 'squeal run' so they can see which House gets which girls, and he said the Zeta's had 'the best class !', of course he is a little slanted since I was/am a Zeta and his sister, my daughter was also, but...he usually is brutally honest.:)

Congrats to all the moms and friends and especially all the new members of the Greek community! Whew! I am exhausted reading all the posts!

Just got back from UA! It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen. My daughter pledged DZ, her second choice.

No...KD, Alpha Gam and DDD are in the houses they've been in for decades. Pi Beta Phi moved...the others on the row folded long before.
"Old Row" does not mean the age of the house. It's a status thing. Read the thread and post that OTW referenced, please.

My mother-in-law was a DZ ... we are a veritable alphabet soup in my family! Haven't had two of the same sorority since I pledged my Ohio Wesleyan grandmother's KKG at UF.

I don't think it's a purely geographic distinction. I think it has more to do with how long groups have been at Alabama.

While the street is certainly still described as being the old row, a group can move and still be an old row group, I think.

Gotcha ... so THAT'S why my daughter's Tri-Delt dues are so much higher? You see, I was a Kappa at UF and "know" that their house at UA is old ... learn something new every day!

Thanks, toots!

Old Row really is really meaningless as it is a fairly arbritrary designation. Alpha Gam, KD, Tri-Delt, Kappa, ChiO and Phi Mu are considered by most to be "Old Row" with AOPi and Alpha Chi are included quite a bit. This throws location out as these houses are on both streets of sorority row. Also, ADPi, which is the second oldest house on campus, was never considered "Old Row" when I was in school but AOPi, which was one of the newer houses, was. You can probably see why I see it as a fairly arbirtrary designation since age nor location have nothing to do with it.

Clarification: By age, I mean the length of time each chapter has been in existence at Alabama. NOT the age of the physical house.

That is very interesting--I never knew that about AOPi

I've also heard AOII described as the best of new row, so I guess it depends on who you ask.

[shaking my first at the Alabama Panhellenic site]

Well, I've wasted another day hovering on GreekChat waiting for recruitment information. I'm giving up for the day which means the list will be posted in the next ten minutes. [/shaking of fist]

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SwtxBelle-- oh goodie! We will have to make sure all the new Gamma Phi Betas learn it as well! ( Now it's running through my head!):):D

Congrats to all new members of all groups- it's great to be Greek! NO matter the letters we need to stick together!