New Sorority Housing at Auburn

[carnation]

At Birmingham Southern, 2 sororities share each of the 3 townhouses. I wonder how that works out.

[UGAalum94]

I like the basic concept, but I agree that it might make more sense to place the chapter rooms throughout the buildings rather than all on one floor. Since they are already mixing the use of the floor on the other levels, why not?

I kind of think they should set it up so that each group has a designated section: like this floor has a couple of multi-bedroom suites, a chapter room, a couple of study room, etc that will be primarily used by ABC.

If you compare the idea of having a house to having that set up, it's pretty comparable. But when it's just chapter rooms all on one floor, why would that be a big improvement over having a chapter room in a dorm?

[carnation]

See, that's my point. They already have what they want in separate dorms or in some cases (the really big dorms), no more than 2 sororities to a dorm. The majority of each dorm is independent and that's okay. I'd hate to see intersorority rivalries spring up because supposedly this group is too loud or that one is trying to take extra space or you name it...

[UGAalum94]

I do wonder if it's hard to keep people living on the dorm floor these days when the off-campus (or even on-campus in some cases) competition is better.

It's one thing to have members live in dorms if everyone is living in dorms. It's something else if the norm is to live off campus after freshman year, except for the Greek women who might have to live on the hall. I suspect they like living on the hall but would like something nicer. (At this point aren't even the hill dorms going on at least 20 years since the last big renovation?)

I agree with you that it's going to need some working out since it's less well defined than the old dorm floors plus chapter rooms, and that this plan seems to suggest a weird mix of uses that might end up troublesome.

I'm not generally sure that it makes sense to have undergraduate housing mixed with classroom space. It just seems like you are asking for some noise issues.

Similarly, what independent wants to be living above or below a chapter room during any kind of event?

Do you suppose the idea there is that they can mix funding for the project?

[oldrusheenowmom]

Just curious- are the fraternities housed in university housing too- I just assumed all SEC schools had sororities with southern mansions-

[AUAZD2001]

Fraternities at Auburn have houses. The new sorority housing will be located adjacent to the "Old Row" Fraternities.

[AUAZD2001]

Another drawback is that it is so far from central campus. The Hill is just about a 5-10 minute walk from Haley Center. But thev Village is at least twice the distance away. I know Auburn is going to a pedestrian campus, but I only see a very limited amount of parking near these buildings. One of the drawbacks of the Hill is that there is not enough parking for major sorority events (mainly recruitment and chapter).

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by oldrusheenowmom

Just curious- are the fraternities housed in university housing too- I just assumed all SEC schools had sororities with southern mansions-

I believe that only the sororities at Auburn and Tennessee do not have houses. They have suites/housing in dorms. The rest of the SEC fraternities and sororities have houses. Or at least the opportunity to have a house.

Also, my understanding is that the sorority and fraternity houses at Vanderbilt house a small number of members. Under ten and usually just officers.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I believe that only the sororities at Auburn and Tennessee do not have houses. They have suites/housing in dorms. The rest of the SEC fraternities and sororities have houses. Or at least the opportunity to have a house.
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True- but at Tennessee the sororities are begining to build houses.

[ThetaDancer]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I believe that only the sororities at Auburn and Tennessee do not have houses. They have suites/housing in dorms.

Just curious, but why is that?

[trojangal]

Originally Posted by carnation

At Birmingham Southern, 2 sororities share each of the 3 townhouses. I wonder how that works out.

It's okay, but not great. Pretty much only the officers live in the house because I think a maximum of 8 girls can live there. Most of the girls live on campus, or commute. I know at the KD house most meetings take place in our basement. I would like to think that eventually, the sororities can get larger houses, similar to the fraternity homes. However, due to the recent changes at BSC, it's more of a wait and see attitude with so many activities and organizations.