THE BETA HOUSE 48 THE BETA THETA PI
THE
BETA HOUSE INSIDE SMU
by Justin Warren, SMU ’10
HIGH ATOP THE HILLTOP The Gamma Omega Chapter at Southern Methodist University returned to Dallas after the 177th General Convention riding high, earning a chapter-record seven awards — including the John Reily Knox Award. Little did they know the banner year that was ahead for them. In the ensuing eight months, the men would go on to initiate their largest pledge class since the chapter’s 2009 recolonization, eclipsing the 130-member mark and becoming one of the largest fraternities on campus. They would witness the election of David Shirzad ’18, as the first Gamma Omega to serve as student body president in 40 years. And they would rally the support of generations of Gamma Omega Betas (and their most faithful Sweethearts) as they left their quaint chapter house behind for the most-prized fraternity home on the Hilltop.