As an alumn of Maryland and of a sorority there, I'm saddened to hear about Beta.
And, I'm really surprised that people are surprised. It's been a long time since I've been there but back then, Beta was considered to be a weak house. And the diamondback article seemed to imply that they were a strong house and then something happened to shut them down. Which is almost more heartbreaking if they worked their way up the tiers and got to be a very strong house and then lost their charter.
Regarding the house, it's part of Fraternity Row and the row had gone through renovations so unless it was destroyed inside, it's probably a decent house inside.
I am still stuned as to the changes the Maryland greek system has gone through in the past 15-20 years. Too many changes to name!
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