On Patterson Court, there are six national fraternities, four eating houses for women, one co-ed eating house, and the Black Student Coalition, which is a social but not an eating club. One national fraternity conducts its social activities in a house off campus.

First year students are restricted from Patterson Court for the first few weeks of school. Following that period, they are introduced to the Court through weekend parties and invitations to meals. First year students may join a Patterson Court house in January 2004.

Any student may join a house on Patterson Court for eating, social, and service activities, although membership in the national fraternities is not automatic. Students may not be initiated into the national organizations without an encouragement from the fraternity. No student may join a house in January unless he or she has a 2.0 grade-point average for a term at Davidson.

The six national fraternities are: Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and the co-ed house is CoHo. The women's eating houses are Rusk, Warner Hall, Connor, and Turner.

See also:
Patterson Court