pbpck,
I am a CSULB alumna. Yes, Long Beach State fraternities and sororities do have chapter houses. The reason you didn't see any is because there is no Greek Row. None of the houses are "near" the university per say. Most are about 2+ miles away - one fraternity's house is realllly far (and in a realllly bad part of town).
Though, I sorta want to clarify lilsnakeyk's comment. Contrary to popular rap songs, Long Beach is not a giant ghetto!
The areas around the college are actually quite nice. But yes, there are some bad neighborhoods.
To stay on topic....I haven't heard any crazy hazing rumors about Long Beach State as far as IFC, NPC or NPHC go. However, lilsnakeyk can probably vouch for me when I say that there's one Hispanic Co-Ed fraternity on campus that does interesting things! They make their pledges wear a wooden stick around their neck advertising their pledge status. They have to greet actives with rehearsed sayings and wear crazy costumes. About two semesters ago, I saw a couple of the guys dressed up to look like they were homosexuals.
BTW - these aren't rumors, they're true. This group, for some reason, makes no effort to hide the fact that they do these things. This last spring they got into major trouble for paddling a member during a scavenger hunt. The student was injured and ended up filing a police report. [big sigh] Rumors or not, hazing is just plain stupid.
......navane