Debunking the "Brothel Law" Myth

[SycamorePike]

At Indiana State only one of the nine sororities have a house (Sigma Kappa). The rest of the sororities live in a stairwell in the Lincoln Quadrangles. When talking to all the different sororities, they all say that there is a "brothel" law in Terre Haute.

Here is the link to Time Magazine, an article on Terre Haute, which was Boom City, USA back in the day. This article was written and soon after, the legislation for the Brothel Law in Terre Haute was put into place.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...8978-1,00.html

Eventually, Mayor Larrison is convinced my President Rankin to pursue the Brothel Law because the prostitutes were moving into sorority houses, that was when Indiana State stepped in and voted to rid the sororities of their houses, they were to live on campus in the Quadrangles where they could be monitored and they could keep the prostitutes out.

I will do my best once I get back to Terre Haute to ge the legislation codes. I am 90% sure that they are still in place. There is my proof of how the problem got started. Now it is trying to find exactly when it was put into place that might take some digging.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by SycamorePike

At Indiana State only one of the nine sororities have a house (Sigma Kappa). The rest of the sororities live in a stairwell in the Lincoln Quadrangles. When talking to all the different sororities, they all say that there is a "brothel" law in Terre Haute.

Here is the link to Time Magazine, an article on Terre Haute, which was Boom City, USA back in the day. This article was written and soon after, the legislation for the Brothel Law in Terre Haute was put into place.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...8978-1,00.html

Eventually, Mayor Larrison is convinced my President Rankin to pursue the Brothel Law because the prostitutes were moving into sorority houses, that was when Indiana State stepped in and voted to rid the sororities of their houses, they were to live on campus in the Quadrangles where they could be monitored and they could keep the prostitutes out.

I will do my best once I get back to Terre Haute to ge the legislation codes. I am 90% sure that they are still in place. There is my proof of how the problem got started. Now it is trying to find exactly when it was put into place that might take some digging.

You need to do better than that Time article. It makes no mention of the legislation of a "brothel law" to reduce vice or prostitution because there was no "brothel law." There was a call to action but a "brothel law" wasn't the solution.

ETA: In fact, a scholarly search for the keywords "indiana state terre haute brothel law prostitution sorority housing" yields no articles or published/released documents about a brothel law, or a law prohibiting sorority housing due to prostitution, for a reason. Yet the wheels on the bus will keep going 'round and 'round.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by SycamorePike

Here is the link to Time Magazine, an article on Terre Haute, which was Boom City, USA back in the day. This article was written and soon after, the legislation for the Brothel Law in Terre Haute was put into place.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...8978-1,00.html

Oh man, that article is awful. Check out this quote:

Police Chief Glen Means explained that prostitution was a "necessary evil." Because of it, he says, "there was not a single case of rape in Terre Haute last year. Oh, a few college girls hollered rape, but it really wasn't."

And that's only one of many.

But yeah, the article doesn't mention a brothel law of any kind.