ResLife to house Village BLOCs in former fraternity houses
Posted April 27, 2009 at 9:26 pm
House 1—the former Sigma Alpha Mu house—will be turned into housing for the “Sports Enthusiasts Bloc.” (Matt Mitgang | Student Life)
Since the eviction of Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities from their respective Greek houses on Fraternity Row, the Office of Residential Life has taken over both House 1 and House 6 to use for upperclassmen bloc housing.
“For the upcoming school year, House 6 will continue to be managed by Residential Life,” Dan Sepion, the residential college director of the Village and House 6, wrote in an e-mail to Student Life. “It will continue to be part of the Village Residential College.”
House 6, formerly the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, is currently home to around 20 residents. Next year, it will be a part of the Village BLOC Program and will house the “Transfer Year and Beyond” Bloc.
The former house of Sigma Alpha Mu, House 1, will also be a part of the Village BLOC program. In the upcoming school year, House 1, which accommodates up to 35 residents, will house the “Sports Enthusiasts Bloc.”
In late February, Greek Life leaders and the Campus Life Office considered turning House 1 into a “Panhellenic house” that would include four or five women from each of Washington University’s seven sororities. The plan for the first official residence in the University’s history for sorority women, however, did not transpire. Resident Life eventually took over the management of House 1.
“We need as many beds as possible on campus to house students, so we worked with Greek Life to fill those beds [in House 1],” Sepion wrote.
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