The Brown and White [Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA]
6 March 2016
By Emily Ward
A myth has been circulating around Lehigh’s campus for
years. This myth’s origin is unknown, and it suggested that any facility
housing more than six women is considered a brothel in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
It has also been said that sorority houses, which are
often home to more than 40 women at a time, skirt this law by paying for
laundry in their Greek houses.
In a Panhellenic Council meeting on March 3, more than
half of the Panhel representatives who live in Greek houses where they have to
pay for laundry said they had believed in this law. Six of the nine sororities
on campus pay for laundry. Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Chi Omega
do not pay for laundry in their houses. […]