The Muhlenberg Weekly

Issue date: 9/16/04 Section: News

Copyright--Rob Kandel, Muhlenberg Weekly

After officially returning to campus as a recognized fraternity last year, the Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity finally settled back into the 2202 Gordon Street house this semester. This addition comes in time for a new season of new member orientation and may be considered a mark of a strong overall Greek climate. Currently there are six brothers living in the DTD house, which is dry. The house was a M.I.L.E. house during the two years interim before being returned to DTD.

In order to obtain housing again, DTD brothers wrote a petition last year to the College, which outlined how they were going to maintain the house.

DTD brothers worked with Chris Jachimowicz, Director of Greek Affairs, and Aaron Bova, Assistant Director of Housing Services.

R.J. Caras, President of DTD, said the house is good for the fraternity because brothers can store items and will have a central meeting place.

Jachimowicz said, "The chapter completed their probationary requirements, and there were no impediments to their requesting and receiving housing." After reviewing the proposal, the College agreed to provide housing.

Caras said, "The school's major concern was academics, but all of our pledges made the Dean's List."

DTD, along with all officially recognized fraternities at the College, is active in the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC), and Caras remarked that DTD has a representative at every meeting. Most recently, the Greek community united through the Greek Gods and Goddesses dance.

Jon Eddy, President of the IFC, thinks Greek life at the College is getting stronger. "We have made great strides socially, academically, as well as with policy enforcement and regulation of guidelines set by the College and national fraternities."

All four fraternities now have their own housing. Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) and Phi Kappa Tau (PKT) each own their own houses while Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) and DTD brothers live in college-owned houses.

Eddy said, "Each chapter offers its own benefit to the College Community socially and through community service."

He believes the presence of the Greek system is a positive asset for the College.

"We look forward to continuing to better the fraternity system as a whole, and thus, I believe we will better the campus as well," said Eddy.

According to the current draft of the College's Strategic Plan, the College looks forward to "strengthening the Greek system as a focus for character and leadership development."

In addition to four fraternities, the College also has four sorority houses.

Meredith Feezer, President of the Panhellenic Council, said, "The Greek Task Force has made it possible for Greeks to communicate directly with the administration, and we are working on an agreement with the school as to what we can expect from the school and what the school can expect from us."

The rush process concluded last week for the fraternities and sororities. The fraternities welcomed 12 candidates for both DTD and AEPi, 10 for SigEp and six for PKT. The sororities welcomed 26 candidates for both Delta Zeta and Alpha Chi Omega, 22 candidates for Phi Sigma Sigma and six candidates for Phi Mu. The Greek organizations look forward to a productive year with their potential new members.

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