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The sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta may have painted the walls of the former Delta Tau Delta house salmon-pink and cranberry, but there is still a urinal in every bathroom.

The residence at 130 S. 39th St. was taken over by Theta after DTD could not find enough people to support the property.

Several other Greek housing shuffles have also happened this fall.

Sigma Alpha Mu returned to its residence at 3817 Walnut St. after being kicked off campus in 2000 for violating dry-rush procedures while on probation.

The University-owned house was temporarily leased to Theta, which had been living in a Campus Apartments complex at the time.

Theta now has a five-year lease on the former DTD house.

DTD has moved to a house on South 41st Street. The University does not recognize it as a fraternity house because it does not meet University standards; for example they do not have a sprinkler system installed in case of fire.

The president of DTD refused to comment.

With all the musical chairs being played between fraternities and sororities, the houses in question are undergoing full makeovers.

"A lot of times, sororities aren't going to necessarily want to sit there with a moose head hanging on the wall and pool tables and that kind of stuff," Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Director Scott Reikofski said. "It's important for them to make it their home. ... Guys may not necessarily want flowered curtains and flowered furniture."

Theta's house now features new floral pillows on the couches, new wooden flooring and carpeting and freshly painted walls.

The bar, once a centerpiece in the living room, is now gone, and plans for a larger kitchen are under way.

"This new house is much more homey and girly," Theta president Amy Carpenter said.

Despite the feminine touch, the downstairs bathroom still smells like beer.

"There's a really, really clogged toilet," added Theta member and College sophomore Anne-Garland Berry, who is not living in the house.

Meanwhile, SAM has plans to return its house to a more masculine state.

There are new leather couches, a pool table and an air-hockey table, and a 62-inch TV is on its way.

In the hallway upstairs lies a box of Maxim magazines, but on the adjacent door, a fluffy pink and black sign reads "Little Miss Drama."

In another room, purple drapes were left behind. But they're staying.

"The best part of having a sorority living here was that it stayed clean," SAM president and Wharton junior Rick Fox said.

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