Greek problems at Duquesne University

[DUgrad]

Thanks for responding MaggieXi! I've been out of DU for about 4 years and what I am hearing from friends in my chapter as well as in other chapters is that the wing housing was being forced on the fraternities and sororities. Alot of people want to live on the southside and not be forced to live in Towers. Duquesne tried to force the girls and guys to live on the wings and it got nasty...yelling and screaming at members and at greek life office.

But it seems to be a systemstic decline in all areas of greek life not just because of housing.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DUgrad

Thanks for responding MaggieXi! I've been out of DU for about 4 years and what I am hearing from friends in my chapter as well as in other chapters is that the wing housing was being forced on the fraternities and sororities. Alot of people want to live on the southside and not be forced to live in Towers. Duquesne tried to force the girls and guys to live on the wings and it got nasty...yelling and screaming at members and at greek life office.

But it seems to be a systemstic decline in all areas of greek life not just because of housing.

People don't want to do things for their fraternity or sorority anymore...the concept of living in the housing as a responsibility to the GLO is going to the wayside. 2 sororities at Clarion don't have their houses anymore and I think it's partly because of this.

But honestly, if the housing is creating that much of a drama, it's better to let it go or reduce it. The school has to fill the housing and if people don't want to live there the school might force the cost onto the fraternities/sororities as a whole.

DUGrad - are you still around here? I honestly think a lot of it has to do with the rising costs of everything (I don't even want to think about what y'all's tuition is now) with less disposable money for dues and the fact that the South Side has pretty much turned into part of the campus, it's so full of college students and particularly Duq students. (I'm guessing that some bars whose names I won't mention aren't being very careful w/ the IDing either.) Combine this w/ the fraternities and sororities cracking down on risk management and there you go.

For the unknowing - the South Side is the area in Pittsburgh where there's a bar every 2 feet. I look for it to soon implode under the weight of the college students because they all come down there now instead of staying near their campuses, and the people who have been going to the SS for the last 20-30 years are getting sick of it.

And also for the unknowing, Duquesne is a Catholic university.