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Sun, Dec. 18, 2005
Sigma Nu may move on up
Fraternity at KSU plans to be first in Greek Village
By Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer
KENT - Andrew Meeks lives in a modest house with brown indoor-outdoor carpeting, lead-based paint and a battery-powered skeleton that dances to rock tunes.
All that soon could change: Sigma Nu social fraternity plans to be the first to ink a deal in a new, privatized Greek Village at Kent State University.
The development would include as many as six fraternities and sororities that would house up to 125 students.
While the university is providing the land -- six vacant acres at the corner of Ted Boyd and Campus Center drives -- this would be privatized housing. The university won't have a hand in the daily operations of the village.
David Creamer, KSU vice president for administration, said the university sees this as a fuss-free way to help fraternities and sororities expand.
``There's no properties in the city of Kent that are being considered for zoning for Greek housing,'' he said. ``If one of the organizations wants a house, there's no place they could go.''
The university doesn't provide any housing specifically for Greek groups on campus.
At the same time, membership in KSU's 29 Greek social organizations grew 7 to 10 percent a year to 1,000 this fall, estimated Beth Gittons, KSU assistant director for fraternity and sorority affairs.
The idea came from two Sigma Nu alumni -- Don Flower of Hudson and Gill Herrick of Chagrin Falls, both of whom graduated from Kent in 1960.
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