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Originally Posted by TSteven
And a non-hypothetical "real" question.
Why are some chapters un-housed? Why not rent something off campus? Do they have some sort of space (suite, dorm floor, etc.) currently?
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They simply don't have the space available for Greek housing. Thus, of the 11 sororities, only 6 are housed: ADPi, ZTA, KD, DDD, Alpha Xi, Pi Phi. During recruitment, XO, Theta, Kappa, DG and AEPhi each take over a fraternity house and rush out of that house for the week. And even the housed chapters can't fit all of their members into the house as live-ins. Of 100+ members per chapter, 30-40 can live-in. Off campus, members will rent blocks of apartments together.
We don't have formal sorority suites or dorms-- there isn't the space within campus housing. The university has gotten so large (at or over 50,000 students-- one of the largest universities by enrollment in the US) that it has purchased privately owned apts just off campus for use as university housing and the continue to build more and more oncampus housing options, not to mention new classroom buildings. Everytime I visit the school, another dirt parking lot is gone and there's a new classroom or paved road in its place.
The unhoused chapters have weekly meeting rooms on campus or the student union for their meetings and conduct ritual at alumnae's homes or nearby churches. There's some prohibition about renting a house off-campus to function as the "chapter house." The fraternities are allowed to, but the sororities won't do it-- I don't know if this is a university rule, campus Panhellenic rule or a Risk Management issue unique to each sorority's house corp.
The Florida Epsilon chapter of SAE may not sound as "pretigious" as the ones in the SEC, but at UCF, SAE was a very strong fraternity, and well-recognized throughout the state. It is very unfortunate that the chapter has closed due to the immature actions of a few members. I hope other fraternities will exercise better common sense so that this trend does not continue at UCF. Whether or not they were hazing, they got caught doing something. I realize there are other fraternties doing similiar stupid things and not getting caught. And sadly, that is what makes the difference in the end.
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