All selective living groups in Few Quadrangle will remain on West Campus during the 2008-2009 academic year, selective living group members confirmed Monday.
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and Phi Delta Theta fraternity will both be relocated to Keohane Quadrangle; Kappa Alpha Order will occupy the former Beta Theta Pi fraternity section in Craven Quadrangle; Prism will move to Wannamaker Quadrangle and Round Table will be placed in Kilgo Quadrangle.
The shuffling of sections is necessitated by the scheduled Few Quad renovations in Fall 2008, and groups will move back to Few Quad for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Selective living group members said they are satisfied with the results.
"We're extremely pleased. [Keohane Quad] was our first choice," said AEPi President Matt Sperber, a senior. "The rooms are new, the hallways are big.... We couldn't be happier with how it worked out."
Residence Life and Housing Services had originally presented the groups with five different options for the next academic year, including splitting up their sections between West and Central campuses and not having a section.
Campus Council representatives previously told The Chronicle that not all of the selective living groups in Few Quad would remain on West because the ratio of affiliated students to independent students could not exceed a certain percentage.
Since then, RLHS has made adjustments to its policy to accommodate the groups on West.
Campus Council President Ryan Todd, a senior, said RLHS is considering temporarily suspending the agreement it has with selective living groups that requires all members to live in their group's section for two years, which should reduce the size of some sections.
Oversized singles and doubles will become doubles and triples, respectively, which will also make more bed spaces available on West, Todd said.
This year, 32.7 percent of students living on West reside in a selective living group section. Next year, once the selective living groups in Few Quad have relocated, that percentage will not exceed 40 percent, said Campus Council Vice President Kevin Thompson, a junior.
The chances of independent juniors getting housing on West next year will be roughly the same as this year because of the steps RLHS will take, he added.
"[This plan] works perfectly with our system," Todd said. "We're not in a crunch anymore."
Even so, sophomores who do not plan to go abroad next fall have expressed concern that the rise in the number of rooms reserved for selective living groups will make it difficult for them to find housing on West next year.
"I [am] probably going to live on Central next year, [but] for the people who want to live on West, they shouldn't have to compete with selective living groups," sophomore Kevin Tolson said. "I know a lot of people who want to live on West, and if the selective living groups take up all the spots, you're going to end up on Central. I just don't feel like that's really that fair."
Sophomore Katie Henderson said she does not plan to participate in the early-release lottery for the Class of 2010 that would allow her to live off campus her junior year because she wants to be close to friends. She added that she is worried that she will not get housing on West.
"I'm very concerned about this because I love living on West and I have no desire to live anywhere else," she said. "I'm an independent, and since that's lowering my chances of getting housing on West, it seems unfair. But then again it's not their fault [the selective living groups] are getting kicked out of their quad. It's just an unfortunate situation."
RLHS officials could not be reached for comment Monday.
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