Alpha Sigma Phi to relocate

Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, 1968 N. Jordan Ave., is selling its house and looking for another, chapter President Justin Greis, a junior, said. The chapter recolonized in the fall following its November 1999 suspension by IU.\nDespite recruitment efforts, Greis said the house does not have the numbers to adequately fill the residence. Greis said the house is more interested in quality members than high numbers.\nRealtor Dave Minnick, owner and broker of Commercial Property, said he expected to put up the for sale sign today.\nGreis said many of the newly recruited members have already signed leases elsewhere and that compounded the problem. He said members are working with the Alpha Sigma Phi alumni corporation to sell the house and look for housing next year, through trade or through finding a site on which to build.\n"We are very confident we will find something. We're working to get housing for ourselves, but (the housing corporation) has said if we must build another house, then that's what we'll do," Greis said. "This is just a minor setback."\nHe said the current house's capacity is 95, and the fraternity is looking for a capacity closer to 50.\nMinnick, who said he rarely deals with greek houses, said he can visualize another fraternity or sorority moving in or even a trade for the house, which is nine years old.