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Originally Posted by Adelphean
While I disagree with what the university is doing, if they own the land, they can ask the houses to leave. We own a house/lodge on campus, but the university owns the land. They want their land back to build a parking garage. So, they gave us money to move and build a house on the new 'Greek Row'. Our university stalled on the development until building costs went from $900,000 to $3millon. Needless to say we are currently still in our same house, in a stale-mate with the university, and have no future plans of building, even though we have already paid a LARGE sum to the (school choosen) architec.
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The school officials attempted to push the Greek houses off "their" land at my Alma Mater in NC, as well. However, they never even attempted to offer the houses any money, and somehow, the whole plan didn't happen due to lack of funding. I also know that the president heard a lot about it from well-respected alums who donate money to the school. It really is sad when school admins attempt to shove out Greek houses, particularly when if it weren't for them, their school wouldn't be flourishing or growing at all--the Greeks do the majority of recruiting and leading of campus organizations.