
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 20, 1990                   TAG: 9004200339
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: ELIZABETH PARKINS SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES & WORLD-NEWS
DATELINE: LEXINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

MASTER PLAN APPROVED FOR WASHINGTON AND LEE

Washington and Lee University will be able to proceed on time with its Fraternity Renaissance Program after Lexington City Council approved the school's master plan Thursday night.

The master plan was drawn up by the university in an attempt to include its fraternity houses in the city's institutional zoning district. The university could then begin renovation on the houses. With the City Council's approval Thursday night, fraternity houses will now be considered part of university property.

The Planning Commission recommended, however, that the fraternities "be owned and directly administered by the college or university." Under university ownership then, the fraternities and sororities must conform to the "Standard For Fraternities" which govern fraternity life at Washington and Lee.

These "Standards," drawn up several years ago by the university, govern most of fraternity life, including the behavior of fraternity occupants. According to the Planning Commission, these standards were a major requirement of the city.

The commission, in its approval of the master plan, asked that if "behavior modification" was to be abandoned by the university, the city would then consider the master plan invalid and a new master plan would be drawn.

by CNB