[Erik P Conard]

thanks for the K-State update...Nebraska and Mizzou have good
systems, too. Many campuses have relatively stable ones, but
the cost of coming on in some locales is shocking. The day of the
80+ man houses disappearing...Our (TKE) house was built in '65
to house 88, but life styles changed. Students rejected sleeping
porches, TVs became common in rooms (we had only two in whole
house back then) and space was problem....TKE downsized to 60
in house, wreaked havoc with mortgage payments. Phi Psi at KU
has capability, I think, of housing a hundred, ditto SAE, but both
are very, very wealthy chapters. Beta at KU, Nebraska, Mizzou are extremely wealthy and successful....when you play against them it is not a question as to who will will rather how bad will you get beat...LOL...hope that did not piss anyone off...it is true,
a well-oiled machine. But for the newbies to come on as new
and compete..tough..unless they can pick up a "move up" house.
Then schools like Colorado U...the U takes the house, and the shrinking of greek housing makes it tough. Some of the houses
at CU are veritable shacks now...I have no answers, but think we
may be going back to lodge, meeting house, small numbers of the
live-ins...simply do not know...thanks for the update...