Sig Ep At Virginia Tech Opens $5 Million House, Among Nicest In Nation

Virginia Tech’s Greek Village — called Oak Lane — is currently undergoing an expansion project, Phase IV, in which new fraternity and sorority houses are being constructed in addition to the previous 18 from the first three phases. The first house was recently completed and ready for move-in at the beginning of the 2013 spring semester — the house of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

It’s ridiculous. It’s $5,000,000 worth of ridiculous, actually.

Michael Cocke, President of Sigma Phi Epsilon, explained that both residents of the house and other members take full advantage of the multiple study lounges and conference rooms. According to Cocke, Virginia Tech contributed $3 million to the house, and the alumni of Sig Ep contributed $2 million to build the house.

You know Mike Cocke’s got a sweet presidential setup in there, too. “Hey, you wanna head upstairs and check out Mike Cocke’s chambers?” Who could say no to that? Hell, I’d follow Mike Cocke upstairs.

3 MM from the school, huh? Unbelievable. My school tried to purchase our house from us to use the land for some worthless academic nonsense and subsequently drive our dicks out of town, and they lowballed the shit out of us. I’m amazed by the university support at VT.

“The design is very intentional and allows for a lot of space for interaction,” said Kenneth Belcher, senior associate director for housing services. The new house is home to 35 brothers from the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter and features several study lounges, a conference room, a comfortable living room with a Hokie stone fireplace, and a large kitchen and dining area for shared meals.

Take a look at some photos:

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It’s also adjacent to a golf course. Buncha assholes.

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So, I ask you, which other houses compete with this one?

[via Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech News, SigEpVT.org]

Image via VT.edu

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    1. oldsouth2401

      Is that a frat house or an Extended Stay Motel. You can do a lot of things when your ancestors have a wagon race for free land.

      12 years ago at 3:12 pm
  1. Pledges Eat Me

    Sadly they have a live-in faculty advisor which hinders them from having any parties and do not haze. So riddle me this: why build a $5 million house to ‘live’ but not party, etc.?

    12 years ago at 10:23 am
  2. TrickleDown

    Personal favorite is Syracuse dekes. Not the single best (like FSU pike) but still gorgeous.

    12 years ago at 10:39 am
  3. frattypaddy_69

    what this article isn’t telling you is that this fraternity is on probation til the end of 2014 and can’t even use their house for anything. over half the members left the fraternity. Sig Ep is fucked at tech even though they have a nice house. Their nationals is running them like a sorority now

    12 years ago at 11:01 am
    1. Were Higher Than You

      Please elaborate, anyone can leave an arbitrary “false” under a post. I believe frattypaddy right now.

      12 years ago at 1:36 pm
    2. Teddy__Brosevelt

      True. I know at least 5 Sig Eps here who went inactive in the past year.

      12 years ago at 2:51 pm