Does your school have a sorority/fraternity row?

[banditone]

University of Tulsa has a Fraternity Row where all the frats are located, then behind them there is a big field (used for football practice and other things) Cross that field and you are on Sorority row where all the girls are.

[fantASTic]

No, but we're supposed to be getting one. I don't support that idea.

[Kevin]

Central Oklahoma has been looking into it. I spoke with the Director of Student Housing about it not too long ago.

It's still in the very conceptual phases as far as I know.

[Salamandar]

The row is pretty much dying here. A few years back, before we moved to it, SAE, Pi Kapp, Phi Sig, Lambda Chi, Sig Ep, Teke and Sigma Pi all lived on it with D Chi around the corner, Phi Tau and us were the only two houses completely off the row. We moved to the row when SAE lost their charter (we moved into their old house cuz ours died) and now its us, Pi Kapp, Phi Sig and Sig Ep are the only houses on the actual "row". It does help get closer to the other houses and stuff, inter-house relations has been good the last few years, nobody really calls us Sigma Who anymore. Teke used to instigate row-wide water fights but now its pretty much dead. There were days when for Back to School and TGIO the cops would completely block off the street for the parties but now with the city cracking down on Greeks and the row fading into obscurity, nothing real big happens anymore. It's pretty sad I mean, if the Greeks here dont pull together and fight for survival, in a few years not only could the row be gone, but the Greek system as a whole...

[Elephant Walk]

We have two Fraternity rows and one sorority row.

And one fraternity out in the middle of nothing.

[rufio]

we have a fraternity row at ASU. alot of us refer to it as "north row" and "Alpha Drive" theres only a select few chapters that have houses there. mostly its the chapters that have been around for awhile. all the sororities and the rest of the fraternities are housed in a apartment style complex called Adelphi I and II. each chapter gets a little "cluster" in the complex with a courtyard, rooms, chapter room and kitchen. and they hang your letters on the outerwall of your cluster. since greek life isnt too big at ASU, campus has been planning on buying out the houses on north row and tearing it down to build some "greek housing project" thing.

[Scandia]

At UF the streets are called "Panhellenic Drive" (and there is East and West) and "Fraternity Row".

At USF, it is simply the Greek Village. The residences are built by the University and they all look alike.

At FSU there is not one really. Everything has a regular street address.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

No, but we're supposed to be getting one. I don't support that idea.

Just curious - why not?

[chitownxo]

At Western Illinois, there is no Greek Row. When I was there, the administration was "strongly encouraging" Greeks to buy/build houses in one specific area, about 5 blocks or so off campus. The majority did move, but there are still a couple of houses that are closer to campus.

At Eastern Illinois, all of the sororities, and most of the fraternities, live in Greek Court. The houses are owned by the school (members pay room and board directly to the school), and they're pretty nice. A handful - maybe 4 or so - of the fraternities have off campus dwellings.

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Just curious - why not?

Because our school is not very supportive of greek life. We only have it because they basically have to, being a public university, and they are very very strict and harsh with us. I feel like all it's going to do is cause it to be a hot spot for police. Plus, much of our on campus housing is very bad. THe place where they want to put us? Currently, in a 4 person townhouse they provide you with two sets of furniture. The entire house has one ethernet wall port, but buying your own wireless is strictly prohibited. They're falling apart.

Plus, they're refusing it make it a "Greek Row." They're letting the football team have a house, and other sports teams and groups as well.

I just don't see any benefits, especially because our Greeks are already very close.

Plus, all oncampus housing has to have an RA, and I can't see that going down well. And, it is going to be a 20, 25 minute walk to classes as opposed to a five minute drive and a two minute walk. Lame.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Because our school is not very supportive of greek life. We only have it because they basically have to, being a public university, and they are very very strict and harsh with us. I feel like all it's going to do is cause it to be a hot spot for police. Plus, much of our on campus housing is very bad. THe place where they want to put us? Currently, in a 4 person townhouse they provide you with two sets of furniture. The entire house has one ethernet wall port, but buying your own wireless is strictly prohibited. They're falling apart.

Plus, they're refusing it make it a "Greek Row." They're letting the football team have a house, and other sports teams and groups as well.

I just don't see any benefits, especially because our Greeks are already very close.

Plus, all oncampus housing has to have an RA, and I can't see that going down well. And, it is going to be a 20, 25 minute walk to classes as opposed to a five minute drive and a two minute walk. Lame.

I can relate to that...familiar story, unfortunately.

[AGDLynn]

The Univ of West Ga will be announcing in the fall if there will be a new Greek Village to open Fall 2009. Each of the 6 NPC sororities will probably have a house each plus at least 1 new sorority. (Currently the 6 NPC sororities are living in a dorm that was built in 1972.)

I'm not sure how many IFC fraternities there are; each can have a house or...
Some of the fraternities have houses they don't want to give up (at least for now)..

also, the school is considering opening a town-house type building that can house smaller Greek orgs who can't fill a whole house.

Would be near the new football stadium that they are trying to raise money for.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

also, the school is considering opening a town-house type building that can house smaller Greek orgs who can't fill a whole house.

How would this work when the houses grow too large for the townhomes?