this is what this newsgroup needs. more people willing to do the real
research that gives us real answers to tough questions.
saaaaaaal-ute!
bo


On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Frankie wrote:

> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 14:00:42 -0400
> From: Frankie 
> Reply-To: ch-scene@listserv.oit.unc.edu
> To: Multiple recipients of list 
> Subject: Re: New new years mandate
> 
> 
> >On Wed, 25 Dec 1996, Force-J wrote:
> >>
> >> boys, so many frats they had to start using four letters...
> >
> >i too lived in PA, 16 years, and i recall a law that banned houses
> >containing
> >more than 9 unrelated women because it would be an official whore house
> >and therefore there can be no sorority houses at penn state however frat
> >houses are allowed.  am i right about this or is it just another urban
> >legend that i took seriously?
> 
> Well I called the Director of Greek Life here at Drexel and he told me that
> there is an ancient law on the Commonwealth books that prohibit a certain
> number of unrelated women from living together in a private, non-religious
> oriented housing unit.  The exact number he did not know.  He says that
> this law is not enforced now and sororities have tried to get a house, but
> with the price of real estate now in and around college communities
> combined with the lack of support its near impossible to do so.  Which led
> to a conversation about how support for sororities is different in the
> north and the South, seems sororties are much better supported down South.
> 
> Frankie
> 
>