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Beta-Omicron was established at the University of Denver in 1902 and now boasts over 900 living alumni. Housed near campus in a residential house until the late-1920s, the fraternity accepted an offer from the University to partner in building a new house from the ground up. At the time the University had made a decision to set aside plots of land for a "Fraternity Court." Kappa Sigma's house was the second fraternity house built on what is now recognized as DU's "Old Fraternity Row," finishing just a few months after their next-door neighbor Beta Theta Pi. Once sitting on acres of empty land, today Beta-Omicron alumni and undergraduates find themselves with the birthright to a plot of land in the center of campus. The lease signed in the 1920s has given Beta-Omicron one of the most visible locations on campus. The new house, which will begin construction this summer, will sit on the same site, only facing west toward Driscoll Lawn. The house will face Evans Avenue to the north. To the south the fraternity will see its old neighbor Beta Theta Pi, and to the east it will again face Lambda Chi Alpha, and a new neighbor, the new DU Law School (www.law.du.edu). The land that was once campus buildings, and most recently a parking lot, is now taken up by one of DU's most extraordinary pieces of architecture. The building sits only some 50 feet from where the new Kappa Sigma house will stand. Beta-Omicron will begin an assertive effort to build its undergraduate membership beginning in the fall of 2004. Alumni, staff from Kappa Sigma headquarters, staff from the University of Denver, and undergraduate Kappa Sigmas from other chapters will assist in recruiting the men who will be the first to live in the new chapter house. Related Links:
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