<p>I just came back from a visit to Wash U St. Louis. Its a wonderful campus and im very excited about the school.</p>
<p>Ive tended to shy away from schools that have Greek life because ive unfountunately been scared off by the media. I'd like to know however, honestly, does Greek life hinder or help the student body overall? Is there a positive relationship btw greeks and non-greeks? </p>
<p>And whats up with all the sororities living in one building, not their own houses?</p>
<p>The sororities don’t live in one building- they don’t have any housing at all.</p>
<p>You’re probably thinking about the suites in the women’s building, but they’re just personal meeting spaces. And there are non-sororities that have suites in there as well.</p>
<p>I’m not in a sorority, but a lot of my closest friends are. I really don’t think there’s any negative relationship between greeks and non-greeks, especially since most people make their friends freshmen year long before the rush process in the spring. </p>
<p>Another thing- a long of the people in the greek system at washu are the kinds of people who wouldn’t have even considered rushing at a greek-dominated school. That’s because (imo) the greek system here is far different from the system at a big state school (or wherever else the stereotype comes from).</p>
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This is a holdover from back in the day, when the law dictated that any independent buildings with more than ~5 unrelated women living in them were to be considered brothels. The sororities thus only had lounges, and the sorostitutes were required to stay in the dorms or smaller off-campus apartments/condos. Many of them continue this tradition even though that law is long gone.</p>