Just like your own home, every building deteriorates with time. Unlike your personal residence, Gamma’s chapter house has withstood the constant demands of up to 50 residents for more than 70 years and hundreds more visiting on the weekends. The time has come to put this facility to rest and start again with a safe, updated lodge that will last our Chapter at least as long as this one has.

Under the guidance of the House Steering Committee, architect and Gamma Brother Henry Carville of Bani, Carville & Brown has reworked the plans created nearly a decade ago to account for current market conditions. The Steering Committee also engaged the consulting services of Mike Hug (Alpha-Tau), a Georgia Tech Kappa Sigma brother with extensive nationwide experience on Greek housing projects, for his perspective on the design related to the demands and requirements of today’s college students.

Plans for the new house include three stories; the kitchen, public areas and house mother’s suite are on the ground floor. Floors two and three provide living spaces for approximately 50 brothers. Six private officer rooms with suite-style bathrooms will help Gamma continue to both attract and retain the best and brightest leaders for the Executive Council.

Connected to the house by a patio, a 3,000+ sq. ft. band room has been added to the plans to minimize traffic inside the house during events. The actives have seen these rooms at other fraternities around the SEC. Large social functions will be relocated to this separate cement structure with its own restrooms, a stage, and air conditioning. Access to the house will be controlled electronically, allowing members in and keeping uninvited visitors out. The band room will be constructed with concrete block walls and floors and will be easy to clean after events.

To some, a new chapter house may seem an extravagant expense; however, the cost to properly maintain the current, deteriorating house is excessive, and even with constant maintenance it is likely to become unlivable in the next four or five years. Building a new house is an absolute necessity. Why would we invest more in a facility that ultimately needs to be replaced anyway?

Our major competitors on campus are well ahead of us when it comes to housing. Compared to our 70-year-old house, Lambda Chi’s is only 20 years old and Kappa Alpha’s was built even more recently. We have also learned that Sigma Chi already has $2 million in hand towards an $8 million capital campaign to build their new house.

With every Gamma alumnus participating in this effort, we can achieve our goal to complete the new house by August 2016 and secure a competitive future for Kappa Sigma at LSU. Please consider today how you will be part of this important effort for the future of Gamma Chapter.

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