While many students will move into residence halls and apartments this fall, others will live in their sorority or fraternity’s new home. Starting this year, several greek organizations on campus will experience housing changes.
Theta Phi Alpha can hold all their functions this year in their new house located at 1431 N. Jordan Ave. After nearly six years on campus, the sorority will have a house after acquiring a newly renovated home from Delta Tau Delta.
In January, Delta Tau Delta received a five-year suspension from their national chapter. The fraternity had recently invested nearly $600,000 in renovating the home from 2008 to 2013.
Executive members from Theta Phi Alpha met with Delta Tau Delta in February to discuss acquiring the home, which was finalized in March.
Before this, Theta Phi Alpha was unhoused. Starting this fall, many members will live in a sorority house for the first time.
Alpha Gamma Delta will be reopening its house this fall after a year long renovation. According to a press release from Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Housing Corporation, this house will include a library, a bike room, a senior wing, get-ready rooms and enough space to house 122 women.
The changes to the house will provide the members with competitive housing, life-safety systems and an improved aesthetic, according to the release.
Phi Kappa Sigma has a new house that they built off campus due to a need for living space, according to a statement released by public relations chair Patrick Ford.
They will be moving from their previous home located at 1708 N. Fee Lane into a house on 1000 Atwater Ave. The new home will have 21 bedrooms, as opposed to their old five-bedroom location. This fall, around 30 members will be living in the new home.
Although Phi Kappa Sigma will be performing all of its functions out of the new Atwater Avenue location, the fraternity will be keeping the old location, with several members staying in the house. It will be kept in case the fraternity wants or needs to move back.
The home was previously used by another fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, Ford said. After fraternity members heard about the property and the previous fraternity's lease ending, Phi Kappa Sigma spoke to the landlord, who was interested in leasing to them due to the fraternity’s good behavior record with the University.
Ford said he believes that the move into this 8000-square foot home will improve the fraternity overall and create a positive culture for its members.
“It will give everyone a bigger sense of frat life on campus, even though we will be living off campus,” Ford said. “It’ll be good to have a central location for everyone to hang out at or study at. I’m confident that the quality of brotherhood will improve even more than it already was having this new location.”
Jaden Amos
