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.

Skull Builds a Bar in His Room

Student Transforms Frat House Room Into Mini Bar

Errol Janusz, a brother of Phi Kappa Sigma at Northern Illinois, turned his Skull house room into bar for him and his friends.

"I built the bar at the beginning of the year," Janusz, a senior, said. "As for the entertainment center, I plead the fifth. It’s built out of cinderblocks and doors. I have to have something college-esque in here; it might as well be the entertainment center."

In addition, the room features a large leather sofa, cushy sofa bed and a 27-inch television among a large assortment of beer signs, and mirrors on the ceiling.