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Old 09-22-2010, 02:49 AM
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I've heard of this "brothel law" thing quite a lot, my mother went to the University of Miami where no sororities were allowed to have housing, but fraternities were. There was a myth that the lady who owned all the land the fraternities' houses were built on was rejected from a sorority and refused to allow any to live on that land when she donated it/sold it to the school. Interesting tid bit!

However, there are SOME brother laws out there that may pop up around the country (I've heard of them via sisters in law school), but they aren't as adhered to.

But, I DO KNOW for a fact the unrelated persons ordinance gets many a sorority. In Gainesville, we cannot have more than 3 unrelated persons living together. Many times and on a majority of campuses, sororities have houses ON CAMPUS. This means sorority houses can be considered "residence halls". All of the sororities at UF are required to have a house mother, which meets the requirements for us to have our own "RA".

I think we're all a bit confused about what the brothel law even is. The typical name is the unrelated persons ordinance that just caught on the name of "the brothel law". There are a few that are explicitly called that, but I think people just threw an unofficial name onto it.

So, there's the facts as much as I could find and have had experience with. Maybe we're all talking about the same thing, but didn't even know it! =)
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Old 09-22-2010, 10:00 AM
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However, there are SOME brothel laws out there that may pop up around the country (I've heard of them via sisters in law school), but they aren't as adhered to.
Citation please.

This is how this rumour keeps perpetuating. "I heard of it," "someone told me about it," etc etc.
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Old 09-24-2010, 01:16 PM
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There was a myth that the lady who owned all the land the fraternities' houses were built on was rejected from a sorority and refused to allow any to live on that land when she donated it/sold it to the school.
I think some variation on "embittered GDI donor to the school" used to be given as the reason Auburn sororities didn't have houses before The Village was built.
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