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03-18-2011, 11:12 PM
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At my college, it's still casually referred to as "houses" even though there's been a significant effort in progress to phase it out, and some members always say "chapters".
This is partially due to a particular Greek Life advisor that raises a huge row every time someone says "house" outside the context of the physical place. (eg. it's OK to say: Which house is the event at?, but not: Which houses are participating in this event?)
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03-18-2011, 11:20 PM
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At my school, when I rushed, the terms "house", "fraternity", and "chapter" were used pretty much interchangeably for fraternities and independent living groups*. Sororities were generally referred to as sororities or chapters, as only one out of five sororities actually had a physical house - although our chosen welcome chant on Bid Day refers to the "house of AEPhi".
* ILGs are local organizations. Most are co-ed but one is open only to women. All ILGs own houses.
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03-19-2011, 12:52 AM
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At Illinois we always said house. It wasn't disrespectful in any way - it was just campus culture.
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03-19-2011, 01:13 AM
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We all had houses, but back in the day both sororities and fraternities on my campus were referred to as "groups." i.e. "What group are you in?" or "That's a great group." Odd, now that I think about it.
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03-19-2011, 01:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by irishpipes
At Illinois we always said house. It wasn't disrespectful in any way - it was just campus culture.
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You were there before me, right? I feel like they made a conscious effort to change over to "chapter" when I was a sophomore...around the same time we had to stop using the word "rush".
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03-19-2011, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
You were there before me, right? I feel like they made a conscious effort to change over to "chapter" when I was a sophomore...around the same time we had to stop using the word "rush".
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They may have tried to push chapter, but it doesn't seem as though it was successful. Everyone used "house" when I was there ('06-'10).
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04-03-2011, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
Pitt has one sorority house (now, they used to have two), and the rest either have a floor in Amos Hall (the sorority dorm) or a suite in a nearby dorm.
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What is the former Theta house being used for?
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04-03-2011, 12:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KillarneyRose
What is the former Theta house being used for?
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Good to see you, KR! The last I heard, the Theta house was being used for multi-cultural housing. My understanding is that Theta wouldn't sell, in hopes that they will be back fairly soon. I have to stress that this is second hand info, though.
Pitt renting from somebody else - how surreal is that?
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