Beta House

JesuitPony · Post by **JesuitPony** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:39 pm

Does anyone know the university's plans for the Beta house now that the chapter has been kicked off campus?

SMUltimedia · Post by **SMUltimedia** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:41 pm

Rumor was they wanted to make it some kind of IFC house for all those officers to live in. Not an icecube's chance in hell any IFC board members would live there though...

JesuitPony · Post by **JesuitPony** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:42 pm

Was it run down or would the IFC folks refuse to live there because of the stigma of living in another fraternity's house?

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:41 am

I also heard the IFC was moving in.

SMUtrojanFAN · Post by **SMUtrojanFAN** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:56 pm

The house itself is in pretty bad shape. Before anyone moves in there, it will have to be worked on. I don't think IFC guys would refuse to live there because it's another fraternity's house; but because it's a sh*-hole and most of those guys would rather live with their own friends in apartments off campus.
IFC still might use it as a meeting place or something, but Beta will be recolonized in the next five years or so anyway.

JesuitPony · Post by **JesuitPony** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:51 pm

That's too bad and not at all surprising. I think that house was only 15 or so years old.

aus10fromhous10 · Post by **aus10fromhous10** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:51 pm

I drove by there today, and there were some workers out there putting a fresh coat of paint on the front door...

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:37 pm

Yeah, they restripe the parking and do that stuff around this time.

Big10Ponyfan · Post by **Big10Ponyfan** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:23 am

Forgive my ignorance, which Beta house are we talking about?

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:59 am

SMUtrojanFAN wrote:IFC still might use it as a meeting place or something, but Beta will be recolonized in the next five years or so anyway.

I seriously doubt the Beta's come back. Aren't we past due for the ATO's to come back? That was 1997, I think.

When was the last time a new fraternity tried to get started at SMU? I mean a real fraternity. I think it was Phi Psi and (a) that was the 80's; and (b) they are gone.

Phi Delt · Post by **Phi Delt** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:33 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:
SMUtrojanFAN wrote:IFC still might use it as a meeting place or something, but Beta will be recolonized in the next five years or so anyway.

I seriously doubt the Beta's come back. Aren't we past due for the ATO's to come back? That was 1997, I think.

When was the last time a new fraternity tried to get started at SMU? I mean a real fraternity. I think it was Phi Psi and (a) that was the 80's; and (b) they are gone.

I think Sig Ep came back on campus a few years ago after having their charter revoked for declining membership or sometihng...it's difficult to do, especialliy if you don't remain active during your time off campus. From what I could tell, Betas weren't ever very active during their time on campus anyways, so it would be pretty difficult for them to recolonize.

Phi Delt · Post by **Phi Delt** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:34 pm

Big10Ponyfan wrote:Forgive my ignorance, which Beta house are we talking about?

In between the Fiji and Sig Ep houses

aus10fromhous10 · Post by **aus10fromhous10** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:50 pm

Phi Delt wrote:
SMU Football Blog wrote:
I seriously doubt the Beta's come back. Aren't we past due for the ATO's to come back? That was 1997, I think.

I think Sig Ep came back on campus a few years ago after having their charter revoked for declining membership or sometihng...it's difficult to do, especialliy if you don't remain active during your time off campus. From what I could tell, Betas weren't ever very active during their time on campus anyways, so it would be pretty difficult for them to recolonize.

Beta is already confirmed to be restarted. From day one, they had an agreement with SMU that they would restart the chapter.

http://www.smudailycampus.com/vnews/dis ... _archive=1

Sig Ep didn't fully shut down, the chapter was just restarted. Former members were removed, and I believe the next semester, new members were recruited by nationals. There was never an extended lapse in having members in the chapter like there will be for Beta

Big10Ponyfan · Post by **Big10Ponyfan** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:55 am

I used to be a Sig Ep, although briefly, were they about to be shut down again in recent years. I was in the smaller house when all hell broke loose in the spring of 1989. Is that chapter in trouble again?

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:03 am

Big10Ponyfan wrote:I used to be a Sig Ep, although briefly, were they about to be shut down again in recent years. I was in the smaller house when all hell broke loose in the spring of 1989. Is that chapter in trouble again?

No.