Independents Living in Old SMU Beta House

Beta House is Back...But Not With Frat Boys

It's enough to make any Frat guy nauseous... a fraternity house, its brothers evicted and in their place...independents.

This sad but true tale had been played out at Southern Methodist University. In December of 2005 Beta Theta Pi was shut down by their nationals in the aftermath of an incident that is neatly summarized in a police report:

"Officers responded to a fire alarm at the Beta Theta Pi house. Six students and two non-affiliated people in one of the rooms were smoking marijuana, which caused a smoke detector to activate."

After being vacant for nearly a year, the old Beta house was offered an option for students looking for housing for the spring of 2007. Apparently the house has some sweet perks to it
"The house has a basketball court, dining room, was remodeled recently, freshly painted and in really good shape...the house also features a lounge, a pool table and a kitchen".

Now instead of housing the Betas, it holds ten guys, all unaffiliated with any greek orgainzation. The new residents, unsurprisingly, seem to like it. "I was surprised and excited, because of the fact that it's a house so it has more space and is more comfortable....A lot more happens on this part of campus" said sophomore Rene Garcia.

No shit, welcome to frat row, GDI's.