Can I Ask This?

[Titchou]

At Alabama, the University owns the land, rents it to the HC at a pittance ($1) and provides the bond money to loan to them to build. None of that is available at Arkansas.

[gatordeltapgh]

I'd add that although Bama might be super competitive and every other descriptor that has been used on this site. The community seems to have a "we'd rather be Greek and whatever tier than not Greek at all" attitude and that is awesome. Some other traditional communities mentioned in this thread might not have made the leap mentally yet.

Hopefully in time this will change in some of these traditional communities. It might not. If the Arkansas administration plans to be successful adding three more groups as published, something's got to change even a little. Otherwise what group would want to risk that kind of cash? The Panhellenic seems to be giving it their best so the next few years will be exciting and interesting.

For LSU, in addition to lack of housing options, I heard the culture of high risk behavior was a concern of many who checked things out last year. Plenty of groups went to the exploratory visit to check things out. Hats off to Alpha Phi for throwing their hat in the ring. I'm sure many are watching to see how things unfold. Best of luck to them!