Omega House Grand Opening USC Greek Village

[Wolfman]

On 26 February 2008, the Omega Psi Phi house at the University of South Carolina Greek Village will have its grand opening. Following is the webpage for the national housing corporation:

http://3undergraduates.com/index.html

[IlovemyAKA]

That is nice! Congrats

[ladygreek]

Good stuff!

[txdiva]

Congratulations!!!

[jitterbug13]

YAY ZETA SQUARE!!!!

If I didn't have to work, I would probably attend.

[squirrely girl]

congrats!

[DivineDiva47]

Congrats Bruh's!!!

[5Knowledge1913]

I am so excited for the chapter! I truly wish that black greeks would be offered a house on the TCU campus.

[sigmadiva]

^^^^^ Yeah!!! Congrats to the Omegas at SC. I've only been to Columbia, SC once and from what I saw in the city I know that this is truly a major mile stone.

/hijack/ The NPHC greeks were offered housing in the greek village at U. of Houston - main campus, but I don't think any of the D9 chapters took a house. I could be wrong, so if someone knows, feel free to correct me. / end hijack/

[jitterbug13]

*stomping and pounding on a table*

PICTURES! PICTURES! PICTURES!

I was in Columbia yesterday and wanted to stop by there, but by the time I left the Colonial Center it was dark (and I had three teenagers with me).

[Alias_01]

Is there any truth to the rumor that there is currently a WGLO living in the house because Zeta Zeta is off the yard?

If so, that is a BIG problem...

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by Alias_01

Is there any truth to the rumor that there is currently a WGLO living in the house because Zeta Zeta is off the yard?

If so, that is a BIG problem...

It is true that the house is being leased for 3 years (with a possible option of additional 2 1-year leases) to the Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter at USC because they have the consistent numbers to occupy the house, which sleeps 40 people. This came about after the Omega housing corp looked into all the NPHC groups to lease the house who had numbers to make this work. But, in the end, the prospect of having a group which has consistent numbers to make this enterprise viable at the moment the best decision.

It is not true that ZZ Chapter is off the yard. They just don't have the numbers to make this financially viable at this time. The Fraternity will work with them to reorganize the chapter and recruit to put the chapter in a position to occupy the house in 2-3 years. When all is said and done, this is a business venture in which the housing corporation and Fraternity will make money from the project.

This does bring up a very valuable point:we (NPHC groups) brag about how we don't have rush as our manner of intake and we don't actively recruit;but if you want to have large chapter houses, somebody's got to pay the mortgage and the bills. Thus you have to have the numbers--you have to have recruitment goals, like most of the NIC and NPC groups do!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by Wolfman

It is true that the house is being leased for 3 years (with a possible option of additional 2 1-year leases) to the Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter at USC because they have the consistent numbers to occupy the house, which sleeps 40 people. This came about after the Omega housing corp looked into all the NPHC groups to lease the house who had numbers to make this work. But, in the end, the prospect of having a group which has consistent numbers to make this enterprise viable at the moment the best decision.

Well, of course they'd have to lease the house to a larger chapter. They could've seen that coming. And of course this isn't the first time that an NPHC org has had to find ways to keep their house by either leasing it to another org (including another NPHC org) or having nonmembers live in the house.

Originally Posted by Wolfman

This does bring up a very valuable point:we (NPHC groups) brag about how we don't have rush as our manner of intake and we don't actively recruit;but if you want to have large chapter houses, somebody's got to pay the mortgage and the bills. Thus you have to have the numbers--you have to have recruitment goals, like most of the NIC and NPC groups do!

I definitely see your point.

There are NPHC orgs that have participated in NPC and NIC rush to some degree. I don't know if they've gotten more attention and numbers than they would've without that. At a lot of universities the NPHC orgs will never get more than 15-20 new members with or without recruitment.

I still don't like the idea of NPHC doing recruitment. If that means that chapters at certain universities stay small and can't afford to have a house, it is what it is.

[ladygreek]

Okay, so that I get this straight. The Omegas own the house (or rather the mrtgage) but are leasing it to another GLO, because the Omegas themselves would not be able to pay for the house.

The house sleeps 40, but the Omegas typically have around 10 members at any given time. So unless they do some major recruitment in the next 2-3 years (for the purpose of paying for the house as opposed to finding good prospective Omega men) they will have to keep leasing the house out to another GLO or open it up to other residents.

And this is a good investment how?

[jitterbug13]

I'm going to say no, because they are listed under fraternities on USC's website. And as a alumni, if they were off they yard, I (and many others) would have heard something by now.

Now for the WGLOs wanting them in Greek Village, well, that's a whole different story.