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Members of Greek life expressed frustration toward Penn’s requirement that sophomores live on campus — which excludes fraternity and sorority housing — one year after the policy was implemented. 

The Sigma Chi Fraternity Board of Grand Trustees in collaboration with Constantine Housing Initiative (CHI), and the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) are proud to announce the winners of the Outstanding House Corporation Award for the 2021-22 school year.

Top Housing Corporations - Best of the Best

Winners receive a 3 % reduction in Risk Management Foundation (RMF) property insurance rates.

‘Scammers are cashing in on renters’

As college students scramble to find off-campus housing at the last minute, FBI Boston and local police are sounding the alarm about too-good-to-be-true rental scams in the region’s highly competitive real estate market.

Rising rents have been hitting many U.S. households hard in recent months.

After remaining flat for most of 2020, the national median rent rose by 17.6% in 2021 and is already up another 6.7% year-over-year in 2022. And as the largest regular expense that most households face, the rise in housing costs is squeezing budgets in every other category.

Millions of students are heading back to college for their third full academic year since the COVID pandemic hit. But as students move into their dorms and sign up for classes this year, things are different.

A tight housing market and renewed desire for campus life have left some schools with long waiting lists for dorms

The end of summer is always stressful for Jordan Hubbard, as he tries to find a place to live for the upcoming semester. This year is even worse: Military benefits that helped him pay for tuition and housing at New York University ended this spring. He needs the money he’s earning from two jobs this summer, as well as a stipend for his role in student government, to pay for classes.

The fraternity brothers of Sigma Chi had company this spring. A construction crew would arrive for work each day with a small armada of drills and electric saws. It should be noted that the brothers of Sigma Chi are not known around the University of Oregon as morning people.

“It started a little rough; I’m not going to lie,” said Scott Trempe, 50, the longtime chef at Sigma Chi. “It was definitely the boys against the contractors there for a while. Once the boys finally surrendered to what was going on, it worked out great.”

For a big event such as the track and field world championships, which are being held this month in Eugene, Oregon, sneaker and apparel companies would ordinarily book a block of rooms at an upscale hotel to house staff and lease event space to entertain athletes and clients.