Schools that need to open for NPC expansion

[AZ-AlphaXi]

^^^ is there room on your sofa for me?

[DubaiSis]

As winter approaches here in the heartland, can I have the third spot on that sofa in the desert?

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

^^^ is there room on your sofa for me?

Always!

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

As winter approaches here in the heartland, can I have the third spot on that sofa in the desert?

Yup. Now anyone else needs to get their own chair, or sit on the floor.

[Griffins&Quills]

To me, it seems like if certain groups had floors in a high rise, while others maintained their regular stand-alone houses, that kind of discrepancy could cause groups in the high rises to suffer with their facilities being perceived as less than the stand alone houses

[Phigirl04]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

To me, it seems like if certain groups had floors in a high rise, while others maintained their regular stand-alone houses, that kind of discrepancy could cause groups in the high rises to suffer with their facilities being perceived as less than the stand alone houses

It would need to be an all or none move to make it work. This does remind me of something, I know Arizona State had toyed with the idea of a high rise building for the sororities and getting them out of Adelphi. What ever happened with that idea?

[DubaiSis]

I think really cool high rise units would be, well, cool. But I'm a big city girl. I'm picturing a large chapter room looking out over campus with all the bells and whistles of a luxury apartment building, including gym, first floor retail, coffee shop, etc. While it wouldn't be traditional, if a couple sororities and fraternities took over an equivalent amount of square footage and had them done to the nines it could be really modern and eclectic.

[ColdInCanada11]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I think really cool high rise units would be, well, cool. But I'm a big city girl. I'm picturing a large chapter room looking out over campus with all the bells and whistles of a luxury apartment building, including gym, first floor retail, coffee shop, etc. While it wouldn't be traditional, if a couple sororities and fraternities took over an equivalent amount of square footage and had them done to the nines it could be really modern and eclectic.

Okay, this sounds AMAZING. I am a historian, and I live for the traditions, but this sounds like it is making the best (and I do mean the BEST) of the situation

[Nanners52674]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I think really cool high rise units would be, well, cool. But I'm a big city girl. I'm picturing a large chapter room looking out over campus with all the bells and whistles of a luxury apartment building, including gym, first floor retail, coffee shop, etc. While it wouldn't be traditional, if a couple sororities and fraternities took over an equivalent amount of square footage and had them done to the nines it could be really modern and eclectic.

Where would the fraternities have parties?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Nanners52674

Where would the fraternities have parties?

In the basement or the designated party wing.

[Griffins&Quills]

Oh I think it would be cool, I just think it could be a problem when ABC has the big, beautiful house all to themselves and XYZ just gets a floor in a building they have to share with a bunch of other groups.

I agree it would have to be all or nothing. I'm not familiar with the campus, but I feel like it's unlikely that groups would be willing to give up their houses.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

Oh I think it would be cool, I just think it could be a problem when ABC has the big, beautiful house all to themselves and XYZ just gets a floor in a building they have to share with a bunch of other groups.

I agree it would have to be all or nothing. I'm not familiar with the campus, but I feel like it's unlikely that groups would be willing to give up their houses.

But if XYZ has a snazzy new gym, parking garage, Starbucks on the first floor, and concierge service. Sign me up for XYZ. If I get Starbucks and a gym, I don't care who else lives there. If I was 19 and it was cute fraternity sharing the building, even better.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

But if XYZ has a snazzy new gym, parking garage, Starbucks on the first floor, and concierge service. Sign me up for XYZ. If I get Starbucks and a gym, I don't care who else lives there. If I was 19 and it was cute fraternity sharing the building, even better.

You got it - that's the culture shift that needs to happen. PLUS add in that the sorority houses are OLD, with sleeping porches. And the new options have single rooms, semi-private bathrooms, etc. And are right around the corner from everything on University Blvd. This ain't the SEC, small town MS or Bama; we're talking lots of PNMs from California and they are into change, the latest thing, etc. Tradition is what happened last year. Not last century, or the one before that.

It's gonna happen. It's a matter of time. Unless the pendulum takes a huge swing in the opposite direction, and the NM classes drop back down into the 50-60 range. Which they were five short years ago.

[Griffins&Quills]

True! I didn't even think of it that way

[DubaiSis]

Yeah, I'm talking a purpose built high rise, not just taking over 12 units of a building. Eeew, that would be doomed to failure. Think of the possibilities for that at NYU, DePaul, any of the urban schools with burgeoning Greek systems and absolutely no possibility of getting houses.

[AZTheta]

I get very irritated (beyond annoyed) with people who are hanging on to the past. After all, the earth is NOT flat. Seriously. I want to see this alternative greek housing concept take hold and catch fire. Let's be honest and truthful. Some of those older facilities need to be torn down and rebuilt. The plumbing is a nightmare. So is the electrical. The windows. The HVAC system. On and on and on. But noooooo. You have alumnae who are all invested in keeping it like it was when THEY were in school. Good grief, women. Get a life.