In-House

[PiPhiGirl2005]

I have lived in our house for two years, and almost every day there is a great memory. I've lived on the main floor both those years - only ten of us in five rooms there, so we were all very close. I love all of our late night movies, study sessions, and talks, and it's fun when all ten of us are crowded into the bathroom getting ready to go out.

I think my favorite house memory is a little tradition we have just for the girls in the house: At 2am on the night after our "Pi Phi Christmas" party, the seniors come around with (battery powered) candles singing Silent Night, wake us all up and gather us all into the living room. There, the president reads "The Littlest Angel" and we sing Christmas carols while enjoying cookies and milk. It's a fun time of sisterhood for the in-house girls.

But really, the best things that happen in the house are just the friends you make when you live so close to all your sisters.

[piphimaggie]

Knox College does not allow sorority houses >: ( We have what we call "The Bungalow" instead...it's a tiiiiiny 2 bedroom one bathroom house where we hold meetings and ceremonies with the exception of initiation....we do that at The Holt House

Oh my gosh....."The Littlest Angel" *sigh* that book makes me cry...one of my childhood favorites...

[clothesgirl]

Hey,
I always wondered: why don't some colleges allow fraternities to have houses? Doesn't make much sense to me, unless they are outlawed, which they clearly aren't.

Man, you angels have some seriously beautiful digs. Our cute lil house holds 7 girls at capacity and boy does it get crowded. I've never had the chance to live in the house (can't afford it -boohoo!). Used to have a pic on the website; apparently no more. No worries though. we are currently trying to get our grubby hands on a new one, our University wants to level all the houses in our area and put up apartments (which suck-diddly-uks because all the houses are, like, 80 years old)

ppl,
c.

[dakareng]

Some colleges don't allow fraternities (men or women) to have house because of local zoning laws (and no, I'm not referring to the urban myth of the brothel law-- no such law exists). Many communities have enacted regulations limited size of residences, or number of occupants, etc that preclude a sorority or fraternity living there. Other campuses have rules enacted because someone endowed something years ago contingent on not having Greek housing (that's why you sometimes see men have houses while women do not-- like at Miami of Ohio)

As an advisor to Ohio Theta, we thought we'd come up with an ingenious solution to the lack of on-campus housing when the chapter was first colonized. We rented out all 8 apartments in an off-campus apartment building which was built with a common room for our use as a chapter. Well, guess what? The neighbors didn't mind (we were certainly quieter that the fraternities who were across the street) but the zoning commissioner did. One year, and many thousands of dollars to lawyers later, we lost the legal battle and had to take down the letters, could not meet or rush there (although the women could still live in there, since they'd signed their own leases).

[erniegurl00]

Originally posted by erniegurl00
I believe our house holds around 50. (Am I about right Jharb?) It does get a little hectic around the house. My junior year, the last time I live in the house, I was in a small room with 3 other girls. It was a tight squeeze, and often we didn't have privacy. But, I wouldn't have changed it for the world. The girls and I became very close, and we ended up having a blast.

Anyway, I don't think our house is "ginormous". I've seen houses much bigger than ours (aka Pi Phi at IU), and the houses on our campus are approximately our size. If anything I think our house is small! LOL.

I wish I had a scanner so I could put a pic of IN Gamma up here...

I finally was able to get a picture of my house (and jharb's).

[piphimaggie]

*envious*

[PiPhiGirl2005]

Butler girls, your house is gorgeous!

[erniegurl00]

Thanks. I took some pictures of our formal area on my regular camera, but I have to wait to go through the entire roll to post it. Knowing how I take pictures, well, it could be near Xmas or next summer.

[PiPhiGirl2005]

Wanted to jump on the house picture bandwagon. This is Michigan Alpha's humble abode:

[piphiarrow234]

hey.... heres a link to my house
The West Virginia Alpha Chapter at WVU

http://www.geocities.com/josiewvu/house

i <3 my house and its right on the main Street University Ave so we all sit out on the frount porch between classes when the weather is good our house holds 36 people and its soo much fun, it goes back all the way to the next street so it doesnt look big but its very long =)

Iv lived here one yr and ill be moving in in a Week!!!!
I <3 living in the house

[CutiePiPhi]

I had to dig up this old thread because I'm moving into the house for the 2005-2006 school year! Our house has 10 bedrooms and each holds 3 girls. We have a big community bathroom. I'll be living in room 4. I'm very excited but kind of nervous, because I've never shared a bedroom or bathroom before! I guess we'll see how it goes...

[piphiarrow234]

hey dont be nervous its soo much fun, iv lived in my house for 2 yrs and im living in it again... i love it soo much, the crazyest random stuff happens at like 2am and its soo much fun. its so much fun to come home after a party or somthing and just chill with your sisters and wake up the next morn we all go down to the living room and like talk about all the crazy things that happened the night before... it seriously is the best experience ever, and im gonna remember those random nights and mornings forever.... your gonna have a blast !!!