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Life after… W.I.L.D.

September 19, 2011 | Abi Saxena

All I can say is wow…my first W.I.L.D. was even more wild than I thought W.I.L.D. could be. Out of the dozens and dozens of stories I’ve heard from my upperclassmen friends, not one could even begin to accurately describe the phenomenon that is the concert in Brookings Quad.

ResColleges, fraternity houses compete to reduce energy consumption

March 23, 2011 | Sadie Smeck

The Green Cup, a student-organized sustainability competition, will pit Residential Colleges against one another in an effort to reduce electrical energy usage. The contest will take place simultaneously among fraternity houses. Students will be able to track their progress in real time through the competition’s website, greencup.wustl.edu, which goes live Monday.

The fratty phenomenon

October 08, 2010 | Hana Schuster

[media-credit name="Courtesy of Michael Fink" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit] According to many students, Washington University has a very distinct fraternity culture—in that it doesn’t really have a “fraternity culture” at all. But that hasn’t kept hundreds of Wash. U.

Greek housing program cracks down on open containers

September 13, 2010 | Saad Adnan Khan

Fraternity members of Washington University have been prohibited from drinking alcohol on porches of fraternity houses this year. According to David Wallace, Coordinator of Greek Housing Program, such a measure was the last step in a three-year alcohol policy.

200 pledge in shorter rush period

February 15, 2010 | Jennifer Wei

Exactly 200 men at Washington University accepted bids in the first week of February to become a member of one of 11 active social fraternities on campus. Four hundred and fifty-three men had registered online, although the actual numbers are estimated to be lower, said Dave Wallace, coordinator for Greek housing programs.

SAE set to return to Fraternity Row

January 22, 2010 | Lauren Olens

Four years after Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s housing contract was cancelled, rhe fraternity is on track to return to House 6 on Fraternity Row for the upcoming fall semester.

Possibly hazardous material found in Theta Xi attic

October 02, 2009 | Kat Zhao

In the process of removing birds nesting, Greek Life officials have discovered traces of a potentially hazardous material that needs to be abated in the attic of Theta Xi fraternity’s chapter house. sted, and its identification cannot be confirmed, but none of the residents living in the house are at risk, according to David Wallace, coordinator for Greek housing programs.

ThurtenE Honorary prepares for change in carnival location

April 01, 2009 | William Shim

ThurtenE Carnival, which will occur the weekend of April 18 and 19, has been moved this year to Brookings Drive, the grassy median in front of Brookings Hall. This is a break from previous years, when the carnival was held in the parking lot closest to Whitaker Hall.

Frats hold recruitment service day

January 21, 2009 | Lauren Olens

Washington University’s Interfraternity Council and the Greek Life Office held a Recruitment Service Day this past Saturday at Langston Middle School in University City. More than 200 students, and at least eight from each fraternity, attended. In addition to the students already in chapters, 60 students currently considering joining Greek life participated. The men undertook [...]

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