UH Greek Life

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I had a friend that was an ATO at UT, if I recall correctly his dues were around $5K

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Not my son’s fraternity but more like $8K just for dues - there are other charges as well. Check out their house, that they own, not UT-Austin

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From what I have been told, even UT’s Greek life isn’t as rowdy as it used to be

It’s definitely still there, but it’s not like Alabama or even LSU

UT’s image has really changed over the past 2 decades. They really are close to being an actual Ivy-tier public if not already

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Greek houses used to be spread out along MacGregor, then they went to Greek row along Cullen. Did they scrap that whole idea?

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They weren’t really visible during my time (2012-2016).

I did begin to notice them more around the end of 2015 & for sure noticed them recruiting & stuff my last year, but maybe it was because they had their offices at the Student Center, so they had to be there regardless.

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I don’t know the full history of Greek life at UH, but per @kae71463 , houses were spread out around the Houston area

Some had houses in McGregor, some in other areas. I was told by someone that McGregor no longer wanted fraternities in the neighborhood

When i was at UH from 2014-18, Delta Upsilon had some crappy house on OST I think

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It’s interesting.

I’m getting conflicting reports on the internet.

Some say that Illinois has the nation’s largest Greek system, others Alabama.

Illinois probably does have the largest number of Greek Organizations, but with 11,000 active members on campus, Bama may have the largest Greek enrollment.

I guess it depends on whether you count chapters or active members.

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Is sigma nu gone? That would surprise me. They provisioned a chapter the semester after KA did around 2010/2011 and seemed to have a lot of engaged and supportive alumni. I know sigma chi is back, they have a lot of alumni support as well. KA is gone, not sure about pike.

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Sigma Nu has a long history on UH campus (my Dad was an active at UH and Lamar, and later a chapter advisor to Sigma Nu at UH for many years). Not sure what has happened to them in recent years though.

@Hill do you know the latest?

I was active in Sigma Nu at my undergrad college.

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Illinois probably has the largest, but Alabama’s Greek Life is essentially the identity of the school itself (other than football)

Illinois’ identity isn’t really associated with Greek life, more so their academic rankings. Same with many Big Ten schools and Ivy/Little Ivies

SEC Greek Culture and Big Ten culture are two different worlds

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That’s pretty much what happened. That DU house used to be owned by KA back in the olden times from what I understand.

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In the 1970s, SAE had a house on S. McGregor by what was then the railroad tracks. Sigma Chi had a house almost on the corner of S. McGregor and Scott St. Phi Kap had a house on S. McGregor close to Calhoun that the TKEs rented I believe for a few years when Phi Kap membership was down. Signa Nu had a house on Calhoun and the DUs were the house next door. Pikes used to have a house just south of Greenbrier and Holcombe on Dorrington St. I believe.

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This used to be SAE’s house

Good times
. as I’m sure they would likely say.

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Man that’s nice. What are the dues to live there?

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I don’t know but it ain’t cheap, I’m sure. I’ve walked past it a number of times and it looks just as nice walking past as it does in the pictures.

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Damn, that’s a nice house. I see them off McGregor when i walk the trails there.

It’s a peaceful, sceneic pocket you’d never expect to find in the middle of 3rd Ward lol

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I remember going to a party there - I think they had a Pat O’Briens party once a year? maybe. long time ago before the finger biting incident and the brother on brother bat bashing incident

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Phi Kaps had only a few members living in the house. Two were selling pot out of the house and one was fixing his motorcycle in the chapter room. After the dealers were caught, the alums shut it down and leased to the Tekes for nine years I think. I was told this by one of the guys that was the last to live in the house before leasing to TKE. I think either Bob Planck or Willie Burns brokered the deal with Phi Kap for the Tekes to lease the house.

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Yeah

McGregor was set up perfectly to be Greek Row for UH, and honestly if it weren’t for us getting left behind after the fall of the SWC, McGregor Row would’ve probably been a reality

Not to skirt the topic, but I honestly can’t believe the SEC didn’t even want to pick us up

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I don’t think so. There was zero momentum for something like that at the time, with our without the SWC breaking up