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University:  University of Oregon - UO

Greek Organization:  Lambda Chi Alpha

Author:  Lambdas are weak

Comment:  You should google daily emerald and old lambda chi house: The fraternity was forced to move out of its former house after it lost insurance when Lambda Chi Alpha International suspended its affiliation. The international umbrella organization called the University chapter “inactive,” so the University stopped endorsing the chapter until it found a new place to live at the request of the international organization. “The insurance company that does all the liability insurance for the national fraternity came to the decision that they were no longer willing to insure our chapter to be in that house,” said Lambda Chi Alpha Treasurer Erik Higgins. “Since they do all the insurance for all of the Lambda Chi chapters nationally, they carry quite a bit of weight in their decision.” Higgins doesn’t hold the University responsible for anything. He said the process was exclusively between Lambda Chi Alpha International and the University chapter. “Directly the University had nothing to do with the move,” he said. “That indirectly had to happen because we were already in suspension with our national fraternity. They had already suspended us so subsequently the University had no choice.” Higgins said that when a chapter moves into a new house, it loses part of its identity because so many chapter members have come into and left the house over the years. “The chapter itself didn’t change a whole lot but the house itself is sort of a foundation,” Higgins said. “There’s still a connection, but not the same connection because (members) can’t walk down they halls and say ‘this was So-and-So’s room’ and that kind of thing.