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Greeks shop the housing market
Katie Broderick
Issue date: 11/2/06 Section: News
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By Katie Broderick
Managing Editor
Although the Collins Street Greek housing project has been discontinued, several fraternities and sororities are still looking to obtain a house near UTC.
Atlanta senior Jennifer Pike, who is president of Kappa Delta, said her sorority hopes to purchase a house in the near future. They have been meeting in a suite on McCallie Avenue since 1999.
"We are very picky, and we have been looking in nearby areas for a long time for that perfect sorority house," she said in an e-mail.
Pike said the group is especially interested in a few of the houses in Fortwood.
"We love the area. The houses are beautiful and spacious, and having a lot of space is very important to us. Also, it is conveniently located right next to campus and is within walking distance of all campus housing," she said.
Justin Parson, a senior from Soddy Daisy, Tenn., and the president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said the fraternity is also searching for a house, but they are not looking in the Fortwood neighborhood. The group currently meets in the UC. Parson said in an e-mail that they used to have a house on McCallie Avenue, but lost it because they could not afford the necessary maintenance.
"We decided to move out, save money and buy a house at a later date," he said.
"Our [new] fraternity house would be used for a place for our brothers to live and to also hold chapter meetings and other official fraternity business," he said. Parson added that his fraternity's lack of a house has not hindered recruitment.
"The house would be nice, but not necessary because we are Rushing just under what other fraternities with a house are Rushing," he said. "I credit our successful Rush classes to the hard work our brothers put in … I think there is a trap that fraternities fall into by using their house as a Rush tool, and it should not be used as a Rush tool," he added.
Kappa Delta had firm plans to build a house when the university proposed a Greek Row on Collins Street last year, and Pike said they were disappointed when the university eliminated these plans.
Managing Editor
Although the Collins Street Greek housing project has been discontinued, several fraternities and sororities are still looking to obtain a house near UTC.
Atlanta senior Jennifer Pike, who is president of Kappa Delta, said her sorority hopes to purchase a house in the near future. They have been meeting in a suite on McCallie Avenue since 1999.
"We are very picky, and we have been looking in nearby areas for a long time for that perfect sorority house," she said in an e-mail.
Pike said the group is especially interested in a few of the houses in Fortwood.
"We love the area. The houses are beautiful and spacious, and having a lot of space is very important to us. Also, it is conveniently located right next to campus and is within walking distance of all campus housing," she said.
Justin Parson, a senior from Soddy Daisy, Tenn., and the president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said the fraternity is also searching for a house, but they are not looking in the Fortwood neighborhood. The group currently meets in the UC. Parson said in an e-mail that they used to have a house on McCallie Avenue, but lost it because they could not afford the necessary maintenance.
"We decided to move out, save money and buy a house at a later date," he said.
"Our [new] fraternity house would be used for a place for our brothers to live and to also hold chapter meetings and other official fraternity business," he said. Parson added that his fraternity's lack of a house has not hindered recruitment.
"The house would be nice, but not necessary because we are Rushing just under what other fraternities with a house are Rushing," he said. "I credit our successful Rush classes to the hard work our brothers put in … I think there is a trap that fraternities fall into by using their house as a Rush tool, and it should not be used as a Rush tool," he added.
Kappa Delta had firm plans to build a house when the university proposed a Greek Row on Collins Street last year, and Pike said they were disappointed when the university eliminated these plans.
