Harvard newspaper doesn't want a 4th sorority

[Kappamd]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I'm not familiar with such an arrangement. Are there other campuses that have this model? I thought even campuses with smaller lodges typically had a few women living there, usually officers.

In any case, thanks for the info. It was woefully unclear in the editorial.

My chapter has a lodge with no housing. Everyone either lives in the dorms or off-campus. Three other sororities on campus have full houses, and one is completely unhoused.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

My chapter has a lodge with no housing. Everyone either lives in the dorms or off-campus. Three other sororities on campus have full houses, and one is completely unhoused.

So, it's like a living room and kitchen?

[Kappamd]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

So, it's like a living room and kitchen?

Not really. We have a formal meeting room and a chapter meeting room on the top floor, and then a kitchen, an office, and living space on the bottom floor. And then 3 bathrooms. It's a house, just without bedrooms.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

Not really. We have a formal meeting room and a chapter meeting room on the top floor, and then a kitchen, an office, and living space on the bottom floor. And then 3 bathrooms. It's a house, just without bedrooms.

That's kinda cool. I could see how this would be really appealing to some women, because not everyone wants to live in a chapter house, but not having a space at all is a bummer, too.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

That's kinda cool. I could see how this would be really appealing to some women, because not everyone wants to live in a chapter house, but not having a space at all is a bummer, too.

The Crimson mentions meeting spaces / social spaces acquired by fraternities and sororities in the following article:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/20...es-sigma-rush/

Excerpt:

“. . . Greek leaders . . . [said] that the purchase of spaces by fraternities and sororities may have contributed to increased interest.

Sigma Chi has had a house on Arrow Street for ten years and Sigma Alpha Epsilon recently purchased an apartment on Harvard Street, according to the fraternities’ respective presidents.

Delta Gamma said on its Facebook page that it acquired an apartment last year and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma said that the group is in the process of purchasing its own space.

Phillip J. Morris ’12, president of SAE, said that it was possible that the club’s recent acquisition of a social space contributed to the increase in rush numbers this year.

Morris also attributed the increase in rush numbers to the collaborative efforts of both fraternities and sororities to expand the Greek presence on campus.”
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Comment or question: are apartment and house prices in the areas around the Square still high-to-breathtakingly high? Or have the Great Recession and burst housing bubble created greater affordability?