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Originally posted by hoosier
Used to be just the opposite at IU - all of those big houses were built with the Univ. providing cheap land, and guaranteeing the house mortgages.
They even had a brochure prepared and distributed to other campuses bragging about how the so-called "Indiana Plan" was a big success. The guarantees had never cost the school a buck.
That "living saint" now-dead Herman B Wells was a past pres of Sigma Nu, and long-time dean of students Robt. Shaffer was a great Sigma Chi.
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yea ive heard that IU is being very cautious of investing more money and resources into the greek community because of the greek "slump" in the 90's. On the other side, IU is still growing. Last spring, IU had its largest enrollment in history. The university is running low on available land and buildings on and around campus. So I don't exactly blame them for looking out for IU's future as they grow.
At the same time though, there are over 5,000 people in the Greek community here. A little over 20% of IU is greek. Thats a HUGE demographic of IU's student population.