Phi Mu Houses

[DeltaLove3]

Sorry to crash... but I just wanted to let yall know that I've just finished a website with pictures of various Phi Mu houses. You can see it at http://phimuhouses.blogspot.com.

I'm working on pictures for houses of all the different panhellenic sororities- you can see all of the ones I have completed at the main page, http://sororityhousesindex.blogspot.com. Enjoy

[Sweet_Tea88]

Very nice blog site! I wish my school had houses. They won't allow them. (but I guess all in all it's for the best...that way fees are WAY cheaper than other campuses )

[MUSK81]

Sometimes I think it's better that way, too. IMHO, it levels the playing field quite a bit when it comes to recruitment - PNMs tend to judge a chapter on its own merits instead of its house and chapters can concentrate on bidding the PNMs they really want without worrying about filling up a ginormous house.

[ashlee]

Does anyone have the peter pan skit?

[phimu10gammachi]

oh man, the phi mu houses are gorgeous!!! i REALLY wish that my college/origin of my college would allow us to have houses. :/

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by phimu10gammachi

oh man, the phi mu houses are gorgeous!!! i REALLY wish that my college/origin of my college would allow us to have houses. :/

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Brothel Law Myth, I'm assuming.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Brothel Law Myth, I'm assuming.

I thought that may have been it, but that's a silly way of saying it.

[phimu10gammachi]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I thought that may have been it, but that's a silly way of saying it.

yes i know hahaha, i didn't know how else to word it :P

and yes, that is the reason...

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I have heard of similar ordinances locally (read in newspaper articles) that are technically preventing couples from having FOSTER CHILDREN. I don't think I'll be able to find the article because it's been months and don't ask me the exact language but it does have to do with non-related people residing together over a certain amount in order to prevent non-zoned boarding or something similar. The city promised to look into the matter.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

I have heard of similar ordinances locally (read in newspaper articles) that are technically preventing couples from having FOSTER CHILDREN. I don't think I'll be able to find the article because it's been months and don't ask me the exact language but it does have to do with non-related people residing together over a certain amount in order to prevent non-zoned boarding or something similar. The city promised to look into the matter.

There are sometimes non-related persons zoning issues. The vast majority of those exclude fraternity and sorority houses. That's vastly different from the whole "brothel law" thing.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

The fact that I meant to point out was that it is IRRELAVENT what the people inside the house are actually doing (boarding or not), they just must be related if it is more than a certain number. I did't mean that it was a brothel law. I never said it was. Just that it was similar in its purpose overall and that things do exist to prevent x number of unrelated people from cohabiting together to prevent y result regardless of whether or not the situation is one that would normally be perfectly acceptable, whether a sorority chapter or a foster child.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

The fact that I meant to point out was that it is IRRELAVENT what the people inside the house are actually doing (boarding or not), they just must be related if it is more than a certain number. I did't mean that it was a brothel law. I never said it was. Just that it was similar in its purpose overall and that things do exist to prevent x number of unrelated people from cohabiting together to prevent y result regardless of whether or not the situation is one that would normally be perfectly acceptable, whether a sorority chapter or a foster child.

I get that, I'm agreeing with you. Those laws do exist although generally speaking they seem to exempt sorority and fraternity houses specifically from their restrictions. It wasn't a contradiction, simply a reference back to the rest of the thread.

[AEMagnolia08]

I have your blog saved on my favorites! i love looking at all of the houses.. it just makes me want to take a road trip and see all of them!

[PhiMu_Gator]

I've heard of this "brothel law" thing quite a lot, my mother went to the University of Miami where no sororities were allowed to have housing, but fraternities were. There was a myth that the lady who owned all the land the fraternities' houses were built on was rejected from a sorority and refused to allow any to live on that land when she donated it/sold it to the school. Interesting tid bit!

However, there are SOME brother laws out there that may pop up around the country (I've heard of them via sisters in law school), but they aren't as adhered to.

But, I DO KNOW for a fact the unrelated persons ordinance gets many a sorority. In Gainesville, we cannot have more than 3 unrelated persons living together. Many times and on a majority of campuses, sororities have houses ON CAMPUS. This means sorority houses can be considered "residence halls". All of the sororities at UF are required to have a house mother, which meets the requirements for us to have our own "RA".

I think we're all a bit confused about what the brothel law even is. The typical name is the unrelated persons ordinance that just caught on the name of "the brothel law". There are a few that are explicitly called that, but I think people just threw an unofficial name onto it.

So, there's the facts as much as I could find and have had experience with. Maybe we're all talking about the same thing, but didn't even know it! =)