Heads or tails? With a simple cointoss, the future homes of two fraternities were decided. Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon, the Sig Ep President Clayton Simons said, determined their future residences in a coin toss last winter. Both fraternities are now housed in the former girls’ dormitory, Wiggins Hall , alongside the new sorority, Gamma Phi Beta and freshmen males.

Both fraternities were previously housed in Milton Daniel Hall, which now houses freshman and honors students.

Pi Kapp President Brian Young said to determine the location for each house, Pi Kapp’s housing committee chairman flipped a coin and Simons called it. Simons lost the coin toss, so Younghad first choice as to which side of Worth Hills Pi Kapp got housed in.

“There are advantages to both sides,” Young said. “Our house is closer to Bellaire , and Sig Ep is closer to the sorority houses.”

Renovations for Wiggins Hall began the Monday after graduation, said James Parker, assistant dean of campus life .

“I had never been so excited about construction,” Simons said.

Currently a junior, Simons has moved nine times since being at TCU and said he is excited about finally being able to settle in.

“I had to live in the Fiji (Phi Gamma Delta) house this summer and I didn’t even unpack,” Simons said.

Leah Carnahan , coordinator of fraternity and sorority life, said because of construction this summer, many early move-in students were placed in alternate housing. Carnahan said people who weren’t Greek were also housed in the Fiji house.

Craig Allen, director of residential services, said moving Pi Kapp and Sig Ep to Worth Hills fit into the overall housing vision of the university.

“We were going to renovate Wiggins, so we thought we would put them in there,” Allen said.

Moving to Worth Hills has been something both fraternities have wanted for a long time, Parker said.

“It’s been in the books for several years,” he said.

The previous distance from the other chapters hasn’t affected the two fraternities, said Matt DiLeo , Interfraternity Council president.

The move to Worth Hills had been a long time coming, Simons said.

“There is an advantage of being closer to the Greek community, such as being able to develop relationships among the Interfraternity Council,” Young said.

The two presidents said they were excited about the new houses being ready for recruitment.

“We’ve been able to invest a significant amount of money into the chapter room.” Young said.

Although Young declined to reveal the exact amount that has gone into their renovations, some of the new items the Pi Kapp house will have are a shuffleboard, a 50-inch plasma TV, a new pool table and a 10-man conference table .

Some of Sig Ep’s additons include a 52-inch plasma TV, a new pool table, a conference room set off by glass doors and an upgraded kitchen. Simons said Sig Ep received $40,000 in donations for the renovations .

TCU paid for the standard renovation fees, but the fraternities had the option to upgrade at their own expense, Carnahan said.