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Old 09-27-2025, 12:55 PM
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We've heard a lot lately about members who refuse to live in the house the year they're supposed to. What happens? Do they quit? Are they fined?
At my campus of greek initiation, chapter total has lowered significantly over the past ten years (and not rebounded). Ninety-five percent of their total greek housing is 50-70 years old, built in and modernized for the era of much larger greek memberships.

So you bet their chapters struggle when women do not choose to.live in greek housing, as they told is required long before being initiated.

In my day the sisters who chose not to live-in were asked to become alumnae, thus sadly missing out on the rest of their collegiate greek years.

In addition, during my era any campus greek chapter with extra bedspace was required to fill it with women known to the university as needing a place to live.

Most unfilled houses attempted to find their own 'independent' women to live-in, likely friends who would hopefully become future sisters. It always became uncomfortable when any 'independent' live-in joined a different greek house, but were still contracted to live in yours.
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