Indiana University Recruitment

[IUGreekGirl]

It's 100% true that the University is negotiating with FIJI to buy their house to expand the law school- so yes, there is land available.

But it's one of the conditions of extension that the chapter would be extending without the promise of being able to build a house. IU has a huge space issue right now. The University has over 40,000 students now and the dorms are filled to the gills. Classrooms are overcrowded- there isn't enough space. The other land is being saved for building new academic buildings and for relocating....

What the University is hoping to do is buy out all the sororities (Kappa, Pi Phi, Alpha PHi, Tri-Delt) and fraternities (Lambda Chi, Delta U, Delta Chi, Acacia, and FIJI) on third street and move them to the extension. They're saving the few lots of land for that.

The best hope for any chapter wanting to extend is to purchase a house from a fraternity that gets removed from campus. But let me make it clear-- IU Panhellenic has stated that there is no promise that a chapter that extends will be able to build a house. So while all the sororities on campus want the new chapter to have a house, it is unlikely for them to get one.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by IUGreekGirl

What the University is hoping to do is buy out all the sororities (Kappa, Pi Phi, Alpha PHi, Tri-Delt) and fraternities (Lambda Chi, Delta U, Delta Chi, Acacia, and FIJI) on third street and move them to the extension. They're saving the few lots of land for that.

Does "the extension" = the corner of Jordan and Fee Lane on this map?

http://www.indiana.edu/~gogreek/IFCbooklet.pdf (pps 25 & 27)

[Sister Havana]

The extension is Jordan Ave. between Fee Lane and 17th Street. (from ADPi to Phi Kappa Sigma).

The Third Street houses are gorgeous and it would be a shame for those chapters to lose them. IUGreekGirl, are they also looking to relocate the other houses not on North Jordan and the Extension? (Theta, DG, Sigma Chi)

[xp2k]

Sister Havana, the university (as I'm sure you of all people probably already know) has been trying to buy 3rd streets for quite some time. When I was there, I remember a guy in DU telling me that the university offered them 4 Million dollars for their house (with the option to buy land somewhere else) because the school of music wanted to expand (kids would wake up at 5am and stay up until 2am to find practice rooms because there werent enough). DU apparently preferred to keep their house and key location rather than moving and turned the offer down.

Theta's house is so old (Beta chapter), I wonder if it can become a historic landmark? Either way that wont stop the university from using it as academic offices, but at the least the beautiful mansion would be preserved.

IU's housing problem would be partially solved if they would allow more fraternities and sororities structures on campus. Unfortunately for greek houses (but fortunately for squirrels and the environment), IU LOVES trees, and will build a structure around one before they tear it down. There are spaces here and there, but IU wont cut down the trees to make the land usable.

It would be a shame to lose those houses on 3rd, but look at what moving has done for Beta. They were a top tier before they were kicked off....but now they are on their way to possibly being the top house!