housing?
by: WonderingI am going to be a freshman in the fall, I was wondering what the sorority houses are like. I haven't visited yet. Do most girls live in them? As a freshman would I live in them?
Comment#2 by: No
You can't live in the houses if you're in a sorority. It may be different for frats, but in Lubbock more than a certain number of girls living in one house is considered a brothel. That law hasn't been lifted. Even so, I doubt any of the chapters, at least not mine, would want to go through the work to actually live in the house. We'd all have to add bedrooms and build new, bigger houses. It'd be a mess trying to decide who gets to live there cause clearly not all 200 something girls could, and your dues would sky rocket because you'd have more to pay for. I think living in the house would be a night mare. I like our lodges just the way they are.
by: yeah noApr 15, 2014 4:54:30 PM
#3 by: Deke
Wrong again there bud. The ordinances against more than 3 unrelated people living together are not to stop a "brothel" but to enforce housing codes. It's been extended to Frat/Sorority houses on TTU b/c of zoning laws, Greek circle lies in an area designated for single family housing. You have to prove that prostitution is taking place not that there are just more than 3 lady parts in the house for it to be a brothel!
The sad part is I believe Lubbock does make exceptions for communal living in these areas, examples might include a YMCA or a half-way house for abused women, the fact is that the University and CoC don't want the competition and also the institutions themselves don't want to invest in that kind of upgrade, they're happy with the current situation but to think that any kind of ordinance like that would stand up in court is ludicrous, does your dad actually "practice" law?
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by: DekeApr 15, 2014 1:07:42 PM
Actually your wrong, "Brothel" laws are an urban myth and are the reason many campuses use to explain why there is no housing for Greeks. In each scenario, including Lubbock, no such laws can be found and if there are vague references to such they would be easily over-turned on a simple court challenge.
The truth is that a lot of Universities and Chambers of Commerce don't want the competition for housing dollars. Combine this with the prohibitive cost of adding living quarters, food service, cleaning, etc., make it very expensive to chapters who have been in this system for many years.
TTU and by extension Lubbock, with a such a large % of students living in campus housing, combined with a very powerful CoC, who is very motivated to keep the rent dollars flowing to it's apartment owning members, is not likely to allow a couple thousand check writing customers get away.
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