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Originally posted by roqueemae
I had *heard* that sorority houses were not allowed at Auburn. Is this true? Something about a lady who had donated money with the provision that there were never to be sorority houses. Or is this one of those Urban Legends?
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Story 1) The lady that owns the copyright to the fight song will sell it to Bama if we ever build sorority houses because she went through recruitment here and was dropped by everyone.
Story 2) The city of Auburn wouldn't let more than 4 women live in one dwelling at a time unless they were family or in a dormitory because otherwise it was a brothel.
(It is true that the University doesn't own the copyright to the fight song; that's why it's not licensed for games like the NCAA football series. I dunno who does own it.) *laughs*
What I've been told by an old admin-type person is this: Auburn didn't get sororities until the 1920's (KD in 1922, Chi O a few years later, etc.). There wasn't anywhere on campus to build houses for them, and women had to live on campus (many older female alumnae have told me this was the case until the 1960's). Land acquired since then has been designated for either research or new class buildings or general student housing. In addition, there is a sort of pact between the sororities and between the University and the Panhellenic Council that nobody gets a house/dwelling unless everyone does. So we get dorms. I don't really mind; we have the benefits of a house (chapter room, living space, spiffy kitchen, etc.) and my dues are $70/month and $35 for the half-months like December and May versus thousands whether I live in the house or not.