Clarification: Due to a source error, a previous version of this article mischaracterized how Tri Delta’s Alpha Sigma chapter is supporting their chefs while the house is closed. The chapter's food service provider will be paying the chefs, not the chapter. The article has been updated to reflect the change.
UNC sorority and fraternity leaders are making decisions on behalf of their members following recent University guidance, which requires students who live on campus to move out of their residence halls unless granted an exception and urges off-campus students to return to their permanent homes.
“There’s no specific mandate or rule book that every house has to play by right now,” Brandon Wacaser, president of the Interfraternity Council and a member of Phi Gamma Delta's Epsilon chapter, said.
Wacaser said some fraternity houses are staying open, while others are closing.
Kate Capitano, president of Alpha Delta Pi's Beta Upsilon chapter, said all sororities have decided to close.
"It'll be my last time living in the house," Capitano said. "It's not how we wanted to leave it."
Grace Hawley, president of the Panhellenic Council, said in an email that individual sororities are following guidance from their respective national organizations on what to do about meals and housing.
“The Panhellenic Council does not set rules for this, but we do comply with all UNC and government recommendations,” Hawley said in the email.
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