How to obtain a hallway

[33girl]

It really all depends on the politics at your school - if the res life director and the RDs etc are very "possessive" of their positions and don't like anyone intruding on their little fiefdom, you might be well served to mention it to them first.

[Tom Earp]

Do not worry, someone will come up with an answer on GC.

First and mainly many of the smaller schools will have dorm sections for Sororities as the do not feel they want them in houses while Fraternities do have houses and some don't. Fl Tech Int and William-Jewell are the two that come to mind.

Check wih both aspects and explain what you are trying to do and get an oppinion from both. Then you will have an idea of which way to go.

The best of luck.

[JonoBN41]

I'm glad you are trying to do this because a hallway is the next best thing to an honest-to-goodness fraternity house. And a lot cheaper.

I believe it was actually the dean of students that we schmoozed (sp?) into getting one wing at the seventh floor (the top floor) of a brand new dormitory. It was a small school and he was pretty much it, anyway.

So we had all the rooms on the south side. A sizeable lobby, with elevator and staircase, separated it from the north side.

A year or two later we schmoozed the admin once more and obtained permission to hang up all our regalia, carpet the lobby floor, move in couches, armchairs and houseplants, paint the door frames, and even install a tv. Now get this...

In order for us to protect all our stuff, the admin had a keylock installed on the elevator so that only the residents of that floor could take it all the way to the top! All of us had a special key for that purpose.

I still have photos of our housewarming party. All the guys dressed up in coat and tie and brought dates. This party - a fondue party with white wine - was attended by the dean of students, faculty, the president of the college, and other members of the administration.

In the following months we held salon, inviting various professors up to the lobby to sit and talk informally with us. Cognac was liberally served and pipes and cigars were smoked. Some "lectures" lasted until well into the morning hours. It was all very academic and the professors liked us.

Some of the glitter rubbed off when a few GDIs from the north side began ensconcing M-80s in excrement or potatoes and tossing them into the hallway on the south side. Never did figure out why they did that, but the sh*t bombs were not pleasant to clean up! In time we moved to apartments the school bought anyway.

Okay, maybe you can't do all of that stuff nowadays, but you can still try to get a hallway. I hope it works out for you. And remember - be kind to your professors and be kind to your neighbors.