[ISUKappa]

My sorority didn't have sleeping porches (or cold airs as they were known on our campus) but many fraternity and sorority houses did.

FME, each person had a separate room (usually shared with 1-3 other people) where they would have couches, desks, dressers, tvs, etc... to hang out in.

I don't know about passing colds back and forth, but I would guess it's no more frequent than in other chapters where members sleep in their rooms.

As far as having girls/shackers, I think many guys hung sheets around their beds to act as curtains for privacy. Actually, the guys that had bunks in their room usually did this as well. It also somewhat helped with the noise issue and I'd guess people either learned to be discreet when hooking up or learned to tune out the noise.

I've no idea about snoring, but if it were really bad, the guy would probably end up sleeping on a futon or couch in his room or something. IIRC, a lot of houses had a rule about alarm clocks, too...