Housing System
Instead of having fraternities and sororities like many universities, Graceland has residential social organizations called "houses." Each student is assigned to a "house," regardless of whether they live on or off campus. Each house functions socially as a fraternity or sorority. House officers form a house council including a president, a Council of Student Activities member (also known as ASC), a Student Academic Council member (also known as SAC), a senator who represents the house in student government, an intramural sports representative, a chaplain, and finally Crescents (exclusive to women's houses and whose duties include decorating and doing arts and crafts). Members of a house council are elected to their positions by members of their house.
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