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Delta Tau Delta looks to rebuild
Abigail Thomas
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: Campus
The plans that have been given the most consideration will create a suite style living for the Deltas, with three residential wings and with a kitchenette on each level. The rooms would either be two double rooms or four single rooms, with one shared bathroom, according to Solt.
This plan would allow for 50-60 members of the fraternity to live in the new house.
"It is not going to be huge, but it will cater to the size of the fraternity that we want," Solt said.
Several members of the chapter have proposed a green design idea to the architect.
"It would be revolutionary for a fraternity house to be environmentally friendly," Solt said.
The fundraising will mostly consist of collecting money from Miami Delta Tau Delta alumni. Solt said that currently, members are contacting prominent alumni and asking how much they would be willing to donate.
After a $30 million donation to Miami's Farmer School of Business, the Deltas have high hopes that Delta Tau Delta alumni Richard T. Farmer will be the main contributor. Farmer, a 1956 Miami graduate and the former CEO of Cintas, is known on campus for his generous contribution to Miami, Lane said, but the fraternity has not yet seriously contacted him regarding the house plans.
Another problem Delta Tau Delta is facing is meeting the requirements set by Oxford city building laws. The house will have to be re-zoned before it can be built the size members would like it to be, Solt said.
The fraternity brothers have high hopes, though, that the house will be under construction sometime in the near future.
This plan would allow for 50-60 members of the fraternity to live in the new house.
"It is not going to be huge, but it will cater to the size of the fraternity that we want," Solt said.
Several members of the chapter have proposed a green design idea to the architect.
"It would be revolutionary for a fraternity house to be environmentally friendly," Solt said.
The fundraising will mostly consist of collecting money from Miami Delta Tau Delta alumni. Solt said that currently, members are contacting prominent alumni and asking how much they would be willing to donate.
After a $30 million donation to Miami's Farmer School of Business, the Deltas have high hopes that Delta Tau Delta alumni Richard T. Farmer will be the main contributor. Farmer, a 1956 Miami graduate and the former CEO of Cintas, is known on campus for his generous contribution to Miami, Lane said, but the fraternity has not yet seriously contacted him regarding the house plans.
Another problem Delta Tau Delta is facing is meeting the requirements set by Oxford city building laws. The house will have to be re-zoned before it can be built the size members would like it to be, Solt said.
The fraternity brothers have high hopes, though, that the house will be under construction sometime in the near future.
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