New Sorority Housing at Auburn

[carnation]

They'd better rethink that. At Mississippi State in the seventies, there were several chapter rooms in each basement and each sorority pretty much knew what the others wore to initiation. Also, some would listen to each others' ceremonies through the walls with drinking glasses.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by carnation

They'd better rethink that. At Mississippi State in the seventies, there were several chapter rooms in each basement and each sorority pretty much knew what the others wore to initiation. Also, some would listen to each others' ceremonies through the walls with drinking glasses.

I'm cracking up envisioning this.

I don't get why people get so bent out of shape knowing what people wore to initiation. I guess because ASA is pretty open about what we wear...I know we had pics up everywhere from before/after initations. We held our initiation in a local church though, so you'd have had to work pretty hard to "spy" on us.

[AUAZD2001]

I wonder if having 6 sororities all in one building would affect inter-sorority relations. Division in the building: Our side vs. their side? Or maybe a common bond: Our building vs thier building?

[AU_ZTA86]

At least on the Hill, the chapter rooms were on opposite ends of the basement so there was some privacy. Of course when I was in school, we were still in the Quad and the only sorority in the bldg. If 6 are in a bldg, how will they do rush? 6 groups of girls in the lobby? Mayhem!

[AUAZD2001]

I think the PNMs will wait outside in the courtyard. That's how you access the chapter rooms.

[carnation]

At Birmingham Southern, 2 sororities share each of the 3 townhouses. I wonder how that works out.

[UGAalum94]

I like the basic concept, but I agree that it might make more sense to place the chapter rooms throughout the buildings rather than all on one floor. Since they are already mixing the use of the floor on the other levels, why not?

I kind of think they should set it up so that each group has a designated section: like this floor has a couple of multi-bedroom suites, a chapter room, a couple of study room, etc that will be primarily used by ABC.

If you compare the idea of having a house to having that set up, it's pretty comparable. But when it's just chapter rooms all on one floor, why would that be a big improvement over having a chapter room in a dorm?

[trojangal]

Originally Posted by carnation

At Birmingham Southern, 2 sororities share each of the 3 townhouses. I wonder how that works out.

It's okay, but not great. Pretty much only the officers live in the house because I think a maximum of 8 girls can live there. Most of the girls live on campus, or commute. I know at the KD house most meetings take place in our basement. I would like to think that eventually, the sororities can get larger houses, similar to the fraternity homes. However, due to the recent changes at BSC, it's more of a wait and see attitude with so many activities and organizations.