Seneca President Sarah A. Levine-Gronningsater ’03 said that around 800 people attended the group’s “Frost” party in December and more than 1,000 students attended their Red Party at Boston’s Roxy club in March.

As an alternate to final clubs events, DG has hosted events like a formal on a harbor cruise and a date auction to raise money for their national charity.

And as of February, the Isis became the first female social organization—bypassing older groups like the Seneca, the Bee, DG and Kappa Alpha Theta—to gain a physical home for their group.

“I think it’s great that any women’s group has a space on campus,” then- Seneca President Alison E. Fisher ’02 said in February. “Space is very limited for women’s groups.”

Isis also leased an apartment near the Square.

The expense and lack of space in Harvard Square has long been a problem that new social organizations face in starting up their groups.

With no homes of their own, women’s social groups have been forced to use final clubs and clubs in Boston to host their meetings and campus-wide events.

While the Seneca looked into buying the Mt. Auburn Street house formerly occupied by the Sigma Chi fraternity, they have yet to successfully purchase a house for themselves.

“We can only keep our fingers crossed that the chance to purchase a house comes sooner than later,” Levine-Gronningsater said.

Greek Invasion

But women are not the only ones who are searching for social circles of their own.

While final clubs have long been the locus of social life for a select group of men on campus, male Greek organizations increased their campus presence this year.

This spring, 38 males founded a new fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, after representatives from the national organization recruited Harvard students to start a chapter.

With a “pikiki” party in April, the fraternity quickly established itself as another Saturday night option on campus.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), which was started by four students last spring, has grown to about 40 members.