Sorority houses are illegal in Tennessee because they would be considered a brothel.

I took a vacation to Memphis, Tennessee with my best friend for spring break. We originally wanted to go to the beach, but for some reason we decided to go to school in Missouri and the nearest beach is over 12 hours away, and that was too far and expensive for everyone. We went through our options for other vacation destinations, and there are a surprisingly limited amount of places to go here in the midwest. My best friend is a huge Elvis fan, so we decided Memphis!

On the car ride there, my friend was reading her Twitter and saw that the PostSecret Live Tour was going to be at the University of Memphis that evening, so we decided we'd go. We got to the University of Memphis (which is a really pretty campus), and had no idea where the presentation was, so we walked into some building and asked the students sitting at the information desk.

At first they had no idea what we were talking about, but then it clicked and they gave us directions to the Rose Theater. We also asked where their Greek town was, and they didn't know what we were talking about then, either. The University of Memphis should really reevaluate who they are hiring to sit at their information desks. But it registered for one guy, and he was like, "Oh you mean fraternities? They're all on that street over there," and he said something about the sororities being in some residential hall on campus somewhere. Then the girl at the desk asks him if he knew why they didn't have sorority houses. He didn't know, so she tells us that they're illegal in the state because it's considered a brothel if more than 9 women live together.

But further investigation into the issue reveals it might be just a rumor. In the words of wikipedia, under the 'Dumb Laws' page:

The law that claims that "sorority houses are illegal since more than a certain number of single females living together constitutes a brothel" has been debunked as fake.

The girl at the desk seemed pretty sure of herself when she said it. We also asked her if there was anything to do around here, since we had no plans after the Post Secret presentation was over, and she tells us, "Frat boys."

The PostSecret Live Tour was pretty awesome, and afterwards Frank Warren, the founder of Post Secret signed books. For the rest of the vacation, my friend and I toured Graceland, laid out by the pool and slept a lot.