To have a house, or not...that is the question...

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Our campus is not residential. No fraternities live on campus, but each have a lodge space where the fraternity USE to live, because they were residential at one time. Im finding there are pros and cons to not having a house. Recently meeting a bunch of Betas from across the country, alot of their chapters problems evolve around housing and living in the house. I think it would be awesome to live in the Beta House on campus, and I would love to room with my brothers, who I will know Ill have a blast with. HOWEVER, not living with them, I get to live with non-greeks (which is 70% of our campus) and we get to stay really connected with them as well as our brothers. Plus you dont have to deal with all the annoying quirks of some of your brothers, which helps you keep them in a healthier light, in comparison to what might happen if you were ALWAYS around them. So its nice. We still meet everyweek, and do event, and party, and have a lodge space all to ourself to call our own. THE BIGGEST downfall to not living in a house is that there are some brothers I barely know, and I can garentee that that isnt going to change much no matter what I do. Living together, your kind of forced to bond I guess, or atleast get to know each other. So, there are plus and minuses