[AGDAlum]

Interesting that this comes up at the beginning of February. I think about A&M every year at this time, because:

In February, 1975 (before most of you were born, I expect), I was assigned to Texas A&M to start an Alpha Gam colony. (I was a chapter consultant for 1974-75.) There was one men's group, Sig Ep. Women were still new on campus; enrollment was skyrocketing. Not only was there no assistance from the University, technically I was were not supposed to conduct any fraternity business on campus. (The student center was newly renovated and expanded, which gives you an idea of how long ago this was.) In May Delta Zeta, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Phi Mu installed their colonies. We created a Panhellenic and by that fall there were (IIRC) seven NPC groups.
The first "houses" were in different neighborhoods around campus. (Back then the campus was all confined to the huge rectangle between Texas Ave. (is that right?) and the road behind the stadium. There was a lot of rental property in the areas to the east and west.) Then yet another apartment complex was built that allowed the NPC groups to customize adjacent apartments for an 8-person "suite."

I ended up living in the area after my consultant year, moved away at the end of 1979. The last time I was in College Station was driving through, in 1989. I expect it's changed a lot....