ASU is my top choice as of now, but I am really confused about the whole greek village thing. I read that all ASU fraternities and sororities got taken down some time ago and they built a bunch of buildings next to one another on campus and called it greek village. Does this mean there aren’t any real frats in ASU? How are there any house/frat parties if there aren’t any real fraternities left?
I just want to understand the whole fraternity system and party life at ASU.
I know at least one big frat that just came back to ASU this semester.
Fraternities at colleges don’t have to have houses to be ‘real’ fraternities. Some schools put them all in the same dorms and give each group a floor or a wing. That’s how ASU used to do it.
Now they have built a new ‘village’ which is a group of buildings like a dorm complex. Each chapter will have its own section with meeting rooms on the first floor and then rooms on the upper floors. https://greekvillage.asu.edu/explore-the-village/chapter-facilities
My daughter’s school has a similar set up.
Why do you think these aren’t ‘real’ frats? These are the national social fraternities and sororities, each having a space they make their own. ASU owns the buildings and handles the room rent as part of the billing system.
ASU has"Real" Greek Life. They have a substantial number of IFC fraternities. Their set up is like clumping Greek Life together instead of having houses in a row or scattered off campus.The clumping is campus housing with a chapter meeting room, large kitchen for events, president’s room, lots of resident space (doubles) and bathroom facilities inside each “house” or building. It seems like an ideal set up to meet and mingle with not only your fraternity or sorority but others as well. Go rush and give it a try
@twoinanddone I don’t live in the US and don’t know much about fraternities, but my dad was in one (huge house, not a building) and he always talks about how fun it was, all the parties, the events, etc. I just feel as if this would be the same as living in dorms, the only difference is that you call your roommates “brothers” and have some benefits others don’t. Are parties even allowed at Greek village? Are there any house fraternities off campus?
S attends a school with a similar set up. Each Frat/ Srat has a “lounge” on campus which resides in a dorm. Part of that dorm is reserved for brothers / sisters so they’re clustered together essentially creating a house. The neat thing about it you they are not separating themselves form the rest of the student body. They eat in the dining hall, live on campus, etc. Makes for a more inclusive overall community (I feel).
I am a current student at ASU and none of the people I know who are involved in Greek life have mentioned any gripes about the GLV to me. ASU very much still has “real” Greek life, including plenty of off-campus house parties. Lots of frats still own houses off campus which is where they host these parties. Greek life is still very much alive and well at ASU, I don’t think you need to worry.
Even with many colleges that have houses these days they are dry and parties are held elsewhere. My son lives in a frat house but they have an off campus house where they hold their parties as do many other fraternities. I think the fraternities at ASU will be fine. Contact one of the fraternities and talk to a current member. They don’t mind doing that at all! My son met the president of a fraternity that just returned there and said he was very nice.
the sororities do not host parties where there is alcohol. If they have a party at a hotel, like a dance, those who are 21 MAY be able to purchase alcohol from the hotel but won’t be able to bring it into the event.
Frats are a different story. I’m sure they have a lot of alcohol and parties at these houses, even though they are university owned. It’s really not like living in a dorm.