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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is up with the housing for sororities?

My dad went to Miami way back in the 60s.   In the 90s when i was looking at colleges, he REALLY wanted me to go to Miami and he and my mom made me at least to a tour there.  I remember them saying something about how fraternities had their own frat houses but sororities weren't allowed to have separate houses and instead had specific sections of the dorms.  My mom (a faux feminist) was appalled by the double standard and no longer pressured me to consider Miami.  [/quote]

I went there 30 years ago, so my memory is fuzzy. This was the set up. As to the "why," I'm vaguely remembering that it's a condition based on a major donor. (Just did some quick Googling. No firm answer, but here's an article on the subject: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/sorority-houses-an-unattainable-dream -- it cites brothel laws and the major donation theory as the main rumors for the lack of sorority houses.)[/quote]

[b]So you were probably a student there when I took my tour (summer of 92)[/b] :)

Yes, I remember that "condition of a major donor" thing too.   It just really rubbed me the wrong way--and I didn't even plan to rush or anything, but that a university was willing to discriminate like that if offered enough money, is pretty sick.

Snopes says the "brothel law" is false.  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brothel-laws-sororities/[/quote]

Very good chance I was there! I spent that summer helping the Registrar's office with freshman orientation. Mainly transporting and sorting paperwork if I remember correctly. It was a fun place to spend a summer.[/quote]

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