Evicted West Virginia Fraternites Must Correct Violations Before Moving Back to Houses

WVU Fraternities Trying to Stay Afloat

By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor, The Frat Boy News

Four fraternities evicted from their chapters houses last spring at West Virginia University still aren't allowed to move back.

The university's Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Sigma were kicked out of their houses in May after officials found fire code violations, blocked entrances and exits and holes in ceilings.

Each fraternity was permitted to move back once it had each of the violations corrected, but all four are finding it difficult to raise enough money to help their cause.

Phi Delta Theta is planning to demolish its former house to build a new one, while Phi Kappa Sigma is working to complete a $3 million renovation before moving back in.

Phi Gamma Delta must repair over $500,000 in damages to parts of its chapter house that were in violation. The fraternity received 112 fire code violations before being forced to move out.

"It was never kept up from the 70s," Phi Gamma Delta President Julian Carvalho said. "Not having a central location has been a problem."

Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi are optimistic that by May they'll be able to move back in.

Frats Punished for Halloween Prank

Two Frat Chapters Punished

As reported by The Kansas City Star

Northwest Missouri State University's administration punished its Delta Chi and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternities after members appeared at Halloween parties in blackface.

Two white males appeared in costume at separate parties, and photographs of the incidents made their way around campus. One man wore a green hooded sweatshirt and dreadlocks, depicting a man suspected of firing a gun in a campus parking lot on homecoming weekend.

Another man was pictured at a fraternity house party dressed as Michael Vick, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback who pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges.

3 WVU Frats Close Over Fire Code Violations

Fire Violations Close WVU Fraternities

Three fraternities at West Virginia University won't have a house when brothers return to the Morgantown campus next fall after they were shut down by the fire chief for code violations.

Since the beginning of May, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Gamma Delta have been closed because of lack of fire alarms and exits in their houses. The houses of Delta Tau Delta and Beta Theta Pi were also shut down in the past year because of similar violations.

WVVA-TV reported that the fire chief may not be done just yet in his rampage on fun in Morgantown. He was expected to inspect other houses Wednesday, they said.