Pi Beta Phi House Burned (U. of Idaho)

[SWTXBelle]

Depending on your policy, the loss of your badge may be covered. I had a badge stolen at convention (not by a sister, I am sure!) and my renter's insurance covered part of the cost - so I was able to replace it. Yeah, USAA!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Funny that you should make that comment.

I was talking to the chapter a couple of weeks ago and asked who lived in an apt. Almost all raised their hands (it's still summer, lol.) When I asked who had renter's insurances, only 1 or 2 did. A couple of people asked what that was. I strongly suggested that they consider it.


The next day, I sent an email to the chapter and advisors letting them know that if the members' stuff burned in the dorms, the school and Alpha Gam wasn't liable.

It will be interesting to see if I ask that same question in the fall, how many will have insurance.

The school wouldn't be responsible for stuff if it burned in the dorms? Really? When I went to UVM, a waterpipe burst over winter break and flooded the basement/first floor of a dorm. All who lived there got big insurance checks to cover their losses.

[OleMissGlitter]

This is so sad. But it sounds like these women have some great support and I am sure they will get past this obstacle....their old house looked really pretty.

[LovePiBetaPhi]

I am a member of the UofI Pi Beta Phi chapter. We have an amazing House Cor. who are working to find us a new residence and I have heard that they already have. We are going to be okay. Thank you to everyone who posted about this!

[Stef the Pef]

Originally Posted by porkfriedrice

The school wouldn't be responsible for stuff if it burned in the dorms? Really? When I went to UVM, a waterpipe burst over winter break and flooded the basement/first floor of a dorm. All who lived there got big insurance checks to cover their losses.

Similar story here--my dorm at Baylor had a water pipe burst in the attic and the school had to pay for anything that was damaged. They even requested that profs go easy on whoever was in the affected hall for a couple of weeks afterwards since major things like papers, books, and laptops were among the ruined things.

Thank goodness Pi Phi's fire happened before school got back in session! I'm glad to hear that nobody was hurt.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by LovePiBetaPhi

I am a member of the UofI Pi Beta Phi chapter. We have an amazing House Cor. who are working to find us a new residence and I have heard that they already have. We are going to be okay. Thank you to everyone who posted about this!

We're all just happy that y'all are all right! Good luck in Recruitment!

Originally Posted by porkfriedrice

The school wouldn't be responsible for stuff if it burned in the dorms? Really? When I went to UVM, a waterpipe burst over winter break and flooded the basement/first floor of a dorm. All who lived there got big insurance checks to cover their losses.

When our dorm burned, one floor was almost a total loss, but the rest of the suites sustained an incredible amount of smoke & water damage. Each sorority's insurance covered the actual sorority areas, but for the clothes and other personal items which couldn't be saved from the stench of the smoke had to be covered by either personal or parental homeowner's/rental policies. The smoke damage alone ruined our carpeting, our upholstered furniture, draperies, and many of the linens - washing and/or dry cleaning just doesn't get rid of that stench!

In the scheme of things, renter's insurance is so inexpensive, it's a bargain. Until the paperwork came through on my house, I paid $164/year for $200,000 worth of replacement insurance. When you calculate the amount your computer & peripherals, stereo, mp3/iPod, television, dvd player, and other personal items would cost to replace, it's cheap at any price!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by honeychile

We're all just happy that y'all are all right! Good luck in Recruitment!


When our dorm burned, one floor was almost a total loss, but the rest of the suites sustained an incredible amount of smoke & water damage. Each sorority's insurance covered the actual sorority areas, but for the clothes and other personal items which couldn't be saved from the stench of the smoke had to be covered by either personal or parental homeowner's/rental policies. The smoke damage alone ruined our carpeting, our upholstered furniture, draperies, and many of the linens - washing and/or dry cleaning just doesn't get rid of that stench!

In the scheme of things, renter's insurance is so inexpensive, it's a bargain. Until the paperwork came through on my house, I paid $164/year for $200,000 worth of replacement insurance. When you calculate the amount your computer & peripherals, stereo, mp3/iPod, television, dvd player, and other personal items would cost to replace, it's cheap at any price!

You put it that way, I'm going to have my boyfriend look into it ASAP. He has a lot of electronics (being the computer geek I know and love) and he lives in a 200 year old house. With gas heating. Awwww New England. So pretty. So potentially dangerous. While I'm on the subject I hate his apartment. He's literally feet away from a train track. I can't stand it.

[barbino]

Originally Posted by LovePiBetaPhi

I am a member of the UofI Pi Beta Phi chapter. We have an amazing House Cor. who are working to find us a new residence and I have heard that they already have. We are going to be okay. Thank you to everyone who posted about this!

LovePiBetaPhi, thanks for letting us know that the U of Idaho chapter is going to be allright. All Pi Phi chapters have amazing House Corporations! I am not surprized tht everything has already been handled swiftly and efficiently - Pi Phi National would have made sure that this happened. It is a strong sisterhood, and the bonds are tight in the wine & silver blue. You and your sisters in this chapter are about to learn what it really means to be Pi Phi's. Your older sisters will guide the chapter through this upcoming rush, through the house repairs, and through whatever else happens. When you are my age, and you have been a member for 30+ years, you'll look back, and remember all the love that Pi Beta Phi has shown you. I know that I have, on many occasions!

[exlurker]

Pi Phi HQ has a press release (in PDF) on its site:

http://www.pibetaphi.org/Idaho%20Alp...%20Release.pdf

Some excerpts of interest (housing, recruitment, Panhellenic friendship and assistance, some items saved):

. . . University officials worked with Pi Beta Phi to quickly provide alternative housing . . . . Two floors in a campus dormitory have been designated for Pi Beta Phi members. . . . The university has set aside two rooms in the student union for Pi Beta Phi’s recruitment activities.

The eight other sororities on campus have rallied together to provide lunch and dinner for the almost 60 members of Pi Beta Phi while they are on campus next week for recruitment preparations. “We are overwhelmed with gratitude for everyone who has come out to support us,” said Mechelle Rourke, Chairman for the Idaho Alpha chapter’s Alumnae Advisory Committee. . . . . Rourke added, “Our local firefighters were amazing and were able to save some of our brand new furniture, our chapter’s charter and many pictures.”