SAE recolonizing at MIT

aephi alum · #1 08-29-2003, 10:13 AM

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V123/N35/35sae.35n.html

The SAE chapter at MIT was closed a few years ago due to alcohol violations, but it looks like they're recolonizing.

CC1GC · #2 08-29-2003, 10:22 AM

That's awesome!

White_Chocolate · #3 08-29-2003, 01:56 PM

yay!!!!

rainbowbrightCS · #4 08-29-2003, 10:21 PM

that is so great.

Tom Earp · #5 08-30-2003, 12:22 AM

Yea, SAE!

lionlove · #6 08-30-2003, 11:53 AM

There was a picture of the MIT Phi Kappa Sigma brothers on the front page of the Boston Globe this morning holding a picnic at their Beacon Street house. I used to drive by the Beacon street houses all the time when I worked on Beacon street in Brookline. They have some nice townhouses there. Is SAE going to have a house?

Good to see the MIT system is growing again.

aephi alum · #7 08-30-2003, 12:04 PM

Hopefully they'll be able to get a house. Their original house and annex were sold when the chapter closed, but the proceeds were placed in a trust that they can use toward buying a new house. All other NIC and local fraternities are housed, so being unhoused will hurt them during rush - although when Sigma Nu recolonized in the mid-1990s, they were unhoused for around 3 years and they still did pretty well.

Trouble is, housing in Boston and Cambridge is very difficult to come by; the NPC sororities have been trying to get housing for at least 10 years, and only 3 out of 5 have been successful. And 2 fraternities' houses are way out in Brookline.

KSigkid · #8 08-30-2003, 04:21 PM

That's great news - I think SAE has a pretty good alum base in Boston, so it should prove beneficial for them.

The SAE chapter at Boston U., although it's not recognized by the school, has stuck around for a long time and been very successful at getting guys. They've had a ton of alumni support (including alums buying them a house in the area), and I'd imagine the MIT chapter could enjoy much the same.

decadence · #9 08-31-2003, 07:24 PM

This is positive news for the inter-greek system as a whole. I hope the base of alums in the city, internationals etc will be able to ensure it's a safe and successful colony, and ultimately chapter incarnation.

KSigkid · #10 08-31-2003, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by lionlove
There was a picture of the MIT Phi Kappa Sigma brothers on the front page of the Boston Globe this morning holding a picnic at their Beacon Street house. I used to drive by the Beacon street houses all the time when I worked on Beacon street in Brookline. They have some nice townhouses there. Is SAE going to have a house?

Good to see the MIT system is growing again.

Saw that picture too - it was a good one, I only saw the second line at first and thought they were talking about the Kappa Sigma house at first.

Where on Beacon Street in Brookline did you work? I live on Beacon Street in Brookline, so it might have been near where I live.

lionlove · #11 09-01-2003, 01:12 PM

I used to work in Coolidge corner on the corner of Harvard and Beacon St. in the offices above the CVS building. The organization I worked for has since moved to Cambridge so they're no longer in Brookline.

I love Beacon Street in Brookline, pretty houses, nice shops and plenty of parking and access to the T.

smiley21 · #12 09-01-2003, 02:09 PM

i think they are also a colony at the university of north florida.