<p>I found this post about the West Campus Dorms in the 2004 Archives: "The west campus dorms I have discussed belong mainly to the fraternities. They take up the first thru 3rd floors of many of the dorms with independents living on the fourth floor. The fraternities live together, but the sororities do not have houses. Most of all of the greek parties are open door too, which means anyone can come to them. There are also selected houses (maxwell/prism etc) which are open to middle and upperclassmen. They are basically like a coed greek house which you rush for."</p>
<p>Does anyone know what percentage of the West Campus dorms belong to fraternities? Do most non-fraternity kids move to apartments in Central campus?</p>
<p>You guys find the strangest articles sometimes. Here's a link to West Campus dorms and what frats are where <a href="http://www.duke.edu/%7Ers25/westmap.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.duke.edu/~rs25/westmap.pdf</a>
It is a year or two out of date and might seem a bit misleading cause the map makes it look like frats and selective living groups take up a large percentage of West. They definitely are a presence, but I'd still say the majority of dorms on West are independent.
For your other question--all freshmen (unless they're RA's on East) have to live in a dorm on West). Juniors and seniors can choose to live on Central and a good amount of juniors do. Seniors live off campus a lot of times. I can't wait to live on Central. The apartments are so much bigger than a dorm and, as of right now, cheaper.</p>
<p>Isn't Central all ghetto-esque?</p>
<p>Thanks alot ... did you mean to say that all sophomores have to live in a dorm on West?</p>
<p>Whoops yeah, I meant sophomores live on West.</p>
<p>Compared to West and East, Central is kinda ugly. I don't know if I'd call it ghetto-esque. There were some safety issues earlier in the year where a few students were robbed, but Duke's increased its "security presence" there now and nothing bad that I know of has happened since.</p>
<p>the prez said that it was constructed during the 1970's, one of the worst times for american architecture, next year, they're gonna be doing something about that</p>
<p>Haha, yeah, I stopped in to see his speech when he said that. The Central Campus Renovation project is going to take a real long time to complete supposedly. It won't be done till after you're an alum.</p>
<p>awwwww.... that sux :(</p>
<p>As for central... you'll evidently see the first wave of renovations by your junior and senior years (for incoming '09s). </p>
<p>As for West... that's a misleading quote. Frats live together on West campus. They get maybe an entryway or two of a quad, and generally just live on the first two floors. There are some exceptions to that, but it's not a big deal. I don't remember how many frats there are at Duke exactly, but there's generally around 1 or 2 per quad, so not all the entryways have frat presence in them, and it's certainly not overwhelming. There's another variable in West housing which is Selective Living groups that essentially follow the same rules as fraternities though. I live in a smaller quad next year with one SL group and one frat (though it certainly makes itself known), and my entryway is entirely independent save for some random sorority girls, myself and roommate included, as sororities at Duke don't live together.</p>