How to obtain a hallway

[Denise_DPhiE]

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We decided against making the push for on-campus housing because it required just too much commitment -- and being that our numbers fluctuate every year, we knew we couldn't pull it off. Looking back, I'm glad we didn't because two years ago, hundreds of UHM students didn't have on-campus rooms. They had to be put up in Waikiki hotels. [/QUOTE]


This happens at U of Miami too - some students wind up living at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. A former employee of mine was President fot he Student Government and lived there for a semester. We went to run a conference there years later and he showed me the room he used to live in - and he didn't even have to have a roommate! (UM owns part of hotel). Of course he had no golf course view but he did get maid service every day!

[DreamfulSpirit]

Arizona State has overbooked dorms before too, and they stick those students in hotels nearby to campus until they find room for them.

[Elephant Walk]

Stop being poor and buy a damn house.

[shinerbock]

And by "buy" i think he means "build." Thats what most fraternities do. I guess you could call up your local real estate company and say "I need a house with 30 bedrooms," but I don't think that'd work.

Originally Posted by Denise_DPhiE

This happens at U of Miami too - some students wind up living at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. A former employee of mine was President fot he Student Government and lived there for a semester. We went to run a conference there years later and he showed me the room he used to live in - and he didn't even have to have a roommate! (UM owns part of hotel). Of course he had no golf course view but he did get maid service every day!

Originally Posted by DreamfulSpirit

Arizona State has overbooked dorms before too, and they stick those students in hotels nearby to campus until they find room for them.

I had several friends put up at the Sheraton Waikiki that year...WITH an ocean view. That's like, a $300/night room! They spent more $$$ than what their mealplan allowed, but they got to sleep in 700+ threadcount sheets every night. I don't think they moved back into the dorms after that. Who'd want to? Especially when UHM provided shuttle service to and from Waikiki!

[Tom Earp]

While some of us more unfortunates cannot attend Your Type of Prestigious Alma Mater and build new houses We I am sure admire you?

At @ 100-150 $ per square foot, it is expensive to build as I well know.

Some schools do not allow GLOs to build and want to keep them on campus in dorms. What is funny, the dorm space becomes smaller ergo no rooms.

Now in your infinite wisdom, if everyone who you do not think belongs to GLOs, and not at High Time Elite Schools, I guess Your Fraternity would be a lot smaller.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Now in your infinite wisdom, if everyone who you do not think belongs to GLOs, and not at High Time Elite Schools, I guess Your Fraternity would be a lot smaller.

Somehow, I don't think that would bother them in the least.

[Chris Morier]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Somehow, I don't think that would bother them in the least.

I don't think so either.

[thomaskat]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

And by "buy" i think he means "build." Thats what most fraternities do. I guess you could call up your local real estate company and say "I need a house with 30 bedrooms," but I don't think that'd work.

That would clearly be the best option, and its not that we haven't the funds, its a matter of a real estate problem, the area is an over developed shithole, most of the lots in the area are scarcely 1/4 of an acre, so they clearly would not be able to accomdate a house that would be able to accomodate many men at all. Most neighborhood houses cant fit more then six without converting open areas into living rooms.

A dorm level is just one of the ideas we are toying with, there are two houses that will go up for rent year, both sleep six-eight and are across the street from eachother.

Thank you everyone for the input though, it is greatly appreciated.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by thomaskat

there are two houses that will go up for rent year, both sleep six-eight and are across the street from eachother.

One of my sorority's chapters did this for a long while and it worked really well - the girls liked it because if you were getting temporarily annoyed with the sisters you lived with, you could go across the street to the other house. LOL.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

And by "buy" i think he means "build." Thats what most fraternities do. I guess you could call up your local real estate company and say "I need a house with 30 bedrooms," but I don't think that'd work.

That depends on where you are as well. I went to school in Boston, and to build a house in the Boston/Brookline area is ridiculously expensive. The best alternative for us was renting a house.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

That depends on where you are as well. I went to school in Boston, and to build a house in the Boston/Brookline area is ridiculously expensive. The best alternative for us was renting a house.

Even renting wasn't an option in St. Louis. Buying enough land to put a house up on (that would hold more than 8 people) was impossible. The townhouses that did exist near campus were privately owned and expensive. The rest of the neighborhood was completely urban (and sometimes frightening) and there was just no land available. The school bought up everything anyway.

[Munchkin03]

At my college, any program house with at least two years on campus (and no disciplinary problems) was allowed to apply for shared hallways. No one had houses, but the Greeks had sections of houses (and private lounges) because the property value in Providence is sky-high.

Speaking to Greek Life (to make sure you have an ally) before going to Res Life will save you a ton of heartache.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

That depends on where you are as well. I went to school in Boston, and to build a house in the Boston/Brookline area is ridiculously expensive. The best alternative for us was renting a house.

Try Malibu!

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Try Malibu!

Manoa's the same way. While not scenic and picturesque like Malibu, much of the neighborhood consists of homes on the State Register of historic homes:







(The University President's House)



(This house was featured on LOST a few times)

Expect to shell out a couple of millions for any property surrounding the campus. That's why we don't have a house.