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Originally Posted by PGD-GRAD
This has me thinking about my role as an advisor. I don't believe I would ever choose to advise or responsible for a house with my group's letters on it--"their house"--in other words, and have to deal with non-members living there: it's a disaster waiting to happen.
I don't know how this would play out legally, but even if it turned out to be a "he did it" "no, he did it" type of thing with brothers pointing to non-brothers it would still be awful. If you can't fill your house, pledge enough men who can or move someplace smaller--period. I don't see a fraternity or sorority "renting our rooms to non-members" to pay the rent. If you live in a house, eat in a house, have your chapter room in a house--IT'S YOUR HOUSE!
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Too many times what happened is the chapter got the house when things were big and booming with Greek life on campus or their chapter in particular, and even when numbers warrant it, refuse to give it up because "it's our house, it's tradition." And I think (sweeping generalization) guys are way more lax about letting independents in than girls. Plus there's also the issue of, there might not be another house to be had.
I've always said if you do have to do this, rent the rooms to people who have absolutely no interest in pledging or partying - i.e. grad students who'll be in the library 24/7 or people who go home to work every weekend.
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