off campus houses
by: RushAre Alpha Sigma Phi and Sigma Tau Gamma suppose to get a house soon? I heard they're both competing for one
Comment#2 by: Nah
STG would be most likely to end up in the old SigEp house. That is if it isn't torn down. Alpha Sig and ADPhi would be in competition to obtain a frat box (across from DTD on Jefferson) if one should open (History is fairly similar for these fraternities (both being formerly prominent on campus) but ADPhi has the edge for GPA). Having a big house is an expensive thing, and without a national endowment or generous alumni base, it's not a possibility for the off-campus frats without raising dues (in turn losing members, who may have joined due to the lower dues).
It won't be until 2017 at earliest. Don't join a frat thinking you can bet on them having a house before you gradate. Don't let them lie to you about getting one soon either.
by: CW^youJul 16, 2016 8:49:42 PM
At a University like Alabama, the Board of Trustees are very supportive of celebrating UA's Antebellum history. ADPhi may have only been on campus for the brief period between GLO's starting at UA (DKE, 1847) and the school banning them before the Civil War (1859), but it was still the second GLO at UA (and is still the oldest national fraternity at UA). It's also worth knowing that several of the original ADPhi's served and died in the Civil War, or went off and became distinguished individuals in Alabama and the US (imagine an Alabama without Justice Somerville). ADPhi is the only Antebellum fraternity to not be housed (and a southern, traditionally minded BoT recognizes that).
For Alpha Sig, there is a contemporary history with them being housed where Friedman Hall presently is. They were founded in 1925 during the fraternity rush at UA, had periodic times of inactivity and low membership but were relatively stable. Nonetheless they left the University in 1970 when the house burned down and the membership dwindled, the alumni nor the University stepped in to save them so they remained inactive until recent. Longer history, but at UA length=/=importance when things like the Civil War come into play.
Really, it comes down to money. Whoever can best rally their national organization (due to lack of local alumni) and it's alumni to cover the cost of a frat-in-the-box, will get it when one opens.
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by: ^Jul 16, 2016 6:38:20 PM
ADPhi wasn't even on campus during the 20th century -- they closed before the Civil War.
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