Student Life
The two main student unions on administrative and policy issues is the University Students' Council for all undergraduate students and the Society of Graduate Students for graduate students. The University Students' Council recognizes more than 180 student organizations and clubs, in which more than 19,500 people are a member. These clubs and organizations cover a wide range of interests such as academics, culture, religion, social issues, and recreation. The oldest accredited club at Western is The University of Western Ontario Debating Society, which was first established in 1896. The University Students' Council also provides additional services such as the campus movie theatre, pub, restaurant, clothing store and print shop. These facilities can all be found in The University Community Centre.
The main campus at UWO has a number of student residences: Alumni House; Elgin Hall; Delaware Hall; London Hall; Essex Hall; Medway-Sydenham Hall; Perth Hall and Saugeen-Maitland Hall; Huron College has the following residences: Benson House; Cronyn House; Hellmuth Hall; Henderson House; O'Neil-Ridley Hall; Southwest Residence; Young House and Yellow Cottage. Brescia College has one residence: Ursuline Hall. King's College has the following residences: King's Alumni Court; Wemple Building (Portions of the upper two floors are reserved for residence space, the rest of the building contains classrooms, cafeteria, administrative offices etc.) ; Town Houses #1–10.
There are a number of fraternities and sororities existing throughout the student community. There are currently six sororities at Western, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta,Pi Beta Phi,, and Delta Psi Delta,, . There are also seven fraternities existing at Western, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Upsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi, and Kappa Alpha Society. The fraternities and sororities that exist within the student community of Western are not recognized or accredited by the University Students' Council.
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