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Old Lambda Chi house new home for offices
While the music and education buildings are being renovated, staff will move in to the old Greek house
by Allie Grasgreen | News Reporter
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The University of Oregon Foundation purchased the former Lambda Chi Alpha house that sits at East 15th Avenue and Alder Street. The foundation now shares a "master lease" with the University, allowing the University to use the property as a "surge space" during construction projects.
This particular surge space will be utilized while the University renovates the music and education buildings.
"As needed during those two construction projects, (the University will) temporarily house some University of Oregon employees in there as their space is being renovated or newly constructed," said Brian Smith, assistant vice president for administration. Smith said that before offices start moving into the house, it will have to be made suitable.
The mission of the University Foundation, an organization independent of the University itself, is "to support and assist the University in its activities by management and administration of Foundation assets representing privately donated funds, and by leading advocacy for the University."
In the past, the foundation has contributed to building improvement projects. Some improvement is definitely in order for this purchase.
The fraternity was forced to move out of its former house after it lost insurance when Lambda Chi Alpha International suspended its affiliation. The international umbrella organization called the University chapter "inactive," so the University stopped endorsing the chapter until it found a new place to live at the request of the international organization.
"The insurance company that does all the liability insurance for the national fraternity came to the decision that they were no longer willing to insure our chapter to be in that house," said Lambda Chi Alpha Treasurer Erik Higgins. "Since they do all the insurance for all of the Lambda Chi chapters nationally, they carry quite a bit of weight in their decision."
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posted 3/29/07 @ 1:15 PM PST
At least the old fraternity chapter house will forever be memorialized as it's now part of the University of Oregon, it couldn't have a better new owner! GO Ducks! Even without their old fraternity location dubbed "zeta omicron", 818 will always remain vividly in the memories of those who walked through the landmark. (Continued…)
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