Wesleyan Mandates Residential Fraternities Become Co-Ed

[Low D Flat]

I know this campus well. The culture is such that single-sex houses are more of an anomaly that co-ed houses. DKE, at least, has had female residents since 2004. Some groups may choose to be unhoused rather than operate a coed house.

There is one local sorority as well as NPHC groups: http://rhoepsilonpi.com The NPHC groups do not have housing, and as far as I know, they have never sought it.

[PersistentDST]

I know for Delta and AKA (and I'm sure Zeta & SGRho), those are "city-wide" chapters, so housing wouldn't be necessary or worth the time. A line may come through and not have any members from that university, but from others in the service area of the chapter. I've heard of city-wide chapters having different rules as far as being recognized by the universities.

[mystikchick]

When I was there from 2004-08, there were pledge classes for many of the NPHC groups - I know for certain there were lines for AKA, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Phi Alpha and I want to say Kappa? But to the best of my knowledge, those are chapters centered in Hartford, and there are no residences. There was also another multicultural sorority at the time that folded after a year or two, and my senior year a Latina sorority had a line, but I can't recall the name. Kappa Alpha Theta was the last NPC on campus, house-less, and they disbanded in 2004-05.

The three fraternities are the only remaining national, single-sex fraternities on campus. DKE and Psi U have played along with the university's rules until now, but Roth has had it out for the fraternities since he took office. Eclectic and Alpha Delta Phi are both co-ed.

[QUOTE=mystikchick;2293286]When I was there from 2004-08, there were pledge classes for many of the NPHC groups - I know for certain there were lines for AKA, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Phi Alpha and I want to say Kappa? But to the best of my knowledge, those are chapters centered in Hartford, and there are no residences. There was also another multicultural sorority at the time that folded after a year or two, and my senior year a Latina sorority had a line, but I can't recall the name. Kappa Alpha Theta was the last NPC on campus, house-less, and they disbanded in 2004-05.

ETA: Reading the website for the local, I think the timeline matches up with when I posted here about how there were girls who thought it would be as simple as just contacting Theta and boom, chapter reinstated. There were a lot of women interested, but I don't see the administration backing a sorority of any stripe officially on campus. It's a pity, because Wesleyan had a rich sorority life with some of the first women who were admitted to campus in the late 1800s - as I recall, there were particularly strong links with the founders of AGD. These three fraternities are the last remnants of an extensive fraternity life on campus - most of the former houses are now administrative buildings and one is a program house.