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04-08-2008, 10:35 AM
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Which school's Greek row impressed you most?
Which college or university has the best looking fraternity and sorority houses? I would have to put Illinois and Penn State high on the list for no other reason than the huge number of houses, and all built for Greek use. Indiana would rank up there because a majority of them have a capacity of 80-100. At Cornell many are very elegant and in spectacular settings (as is the entire campus). The sorority quandrangle at Northwestern is also very impressive. What campus have you visited in which you were especially impressed by the Greek houses?
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04-08-2008, 10:42 AM
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University of Illinois and Iowa State University
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04-08-2008, 12:43 PM
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Hey, thanks! We do have some really cool, older homes (and some really nice newer homes as well).
Though the houses aren't all on one main street, the majority of the houses are located in roughly 4-block-square area informally called "Greekland."
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04-08-2008, 10:51 AM
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I have only ever visited one campus which had an actual Greek Row, and that was U Maryland. I wasn't impressed.
All the other schools I've visited over the years...I either didn't see their Greek Row, or their houses were interspersed around the community.
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04-08-2008, 10:57 AM
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Ole Miss is way up there. The sororities in particular are ridiculous (in a good way).
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04-08-2008, 11:02 AM
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I always liked SMU.
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04-08-2008, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I always liked SMU.
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Really?
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04-08-2008, 11:21 AM
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SMU's is nice, but really can't hold a candle to some of the others I've seen. Penn State's is amazing, for the architechture (fyi, I have photos of the houses that are almost 100 years old), but once you're in some of them, eh.
I think UVA's is underrated, but am totally in love with Washington & Lee's!!
Washington & Lee's:
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04-08-2008, 11:59 AM
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04-13-2008, 11:27 PM
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I think UVA's is underrated, but am totally in love with Washington & Lee's!!
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Just clarifying that this is sorority row only. Fraternities at W&L have two "rows," Davidson Park and Red Square. Sorority Row (Frank Parsons Way) is definitely prettier than the fraternity rows... at least in my opinion.
It strikes me now that I haven't seen many Greek rows. I've seen W&L's and Davidson's (not too beautiful). Texas doesn't really have anything that qualifies as a row. I've seen UVA's and UNC's too I guess... Oh and William and Mary's. Nothing of them were as striking to me as W&L's sorority row.
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04-08-2008, 11:59 AM
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SMU is ok....
Tough one, as many schools have their houses spread across campus, and don't really have a "row".
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04-08-2008, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by banditone
SMU is ok....
Tough one, as many schools have their houses spread across campus, and don't really have a "row".
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Exactly.
If Arkansas had a row...with Kappa Sig, Sigma Chi added onto the Stadium Row, it would be very impressive. But we're split up.
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04-08-2008, 01:27 PM
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So do I.
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I always liked SMU.
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04-08-2008, 01:30 PM
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So do I.
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I agree SMU is nice too.
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04-08-2008, 12:03 PM
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honeychile, I love that picture!
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