<p>Another vote in the myth category about the sorority house restrictions. See below:
[snopes.com:</a> Brothel Laws Ban Sorority](<a href=“http://www.snopes.com/college/halls/brothel.asp]snopes.com:”>Do Brothel Laws Outlaw College Sororities? | Snopes.com)</p>
<p>By the way, tour guides at Pitt tell the same story about no sorority houses due to the “PA Brothel Law.” Reading the Snopes article seems to indicate that this is actually a fairly wide-spread rumor or “explanation.”</p>
<p>I love Snopes. It occurred to me to go there, but I knew PSU had it’s own list of myths.</p>
<p>Really, it’s all the students choice. They make the choice to buy the beer or go to the frats to drink. They are adults and can make the choices. As for skimming through school, they chose that route too, and we can’t help them. Their parents can, but if the parents are just there to support the kid no matter what, that’s a problem. The student shouldn’t be wasting the parents money for nothing. The point of college is to get a better job than you would without it. Skimming won’t help that.</p>
<p>They are taking more assertive action against violators. My ex-roommate left alcohol (and drugs) in our room. She dealt with serious consequences and I was allowed to switch rooms. A building coordinator and the police were knocking on a neighbor’s door the other day. I think PSU is really trying.</p>
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Thanks for the correction - I can’t recall where I first heard that, but I had never seen it refuted before! It seems so plausible both because of the complete lack of non-dorm sororities and because of the generally archaic nature of PA laws…</p>