Frankie wrote:
> 
> >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

This is also why there are no houses in the black fraternity system at
UNCCH.  It's almost impossible to get property near campus.
James Hepler