For the sixth time in 11 years, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity is moving, and for the second time, it's into Zeta Psi fraternity's house.

Meanwhile, members of Zeta Psi, 225 E. Foster Ave., are moving into an apartment building -- Alpha Epsilon Pi members' status now.

Alpha Epsilon Pi members currently reside in Fiesta House, 501 E. Beaver Ave. Come August they will move to Foster Avenue, said Jamie Horowitz, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Michael Schwartz, vice president and director of Alpha Epsilon Pi's alumni housing corporation, said the lease arrangement is from three to five years but could become more permanent.

"Our housing effort really goes back to when we recolonized in 1983," Schwartz said. "We've been in a temporary situation since then. "

Because of declining membership, Zeta Psi has had to seek other housing, said Kevin Clark, fraternity president.

"We just don't have the membership to effectively run the house," Clark said. Alpha Epsilon Pi moved out of the 225 E. Foster Ave. house in 1992 when their lease expired and the Alumni Corporation of Zeta Psi decided to move Zeta Psi members back into the house.

This semester, six of the fraternity's 29 members are graduating and members want to find a smaller place to live.

For Alpha Epsilon Pi members who pledged when the fraternity was still at Zeta Psi, the move is even more exciting.

"We remember what it was like and we can't wait to move back in," Horowitz said.

Todd Levin, an Alpha Epsilon Pi member, lived in the Zeta Psi house two years ago. Levin said there is a big difference between living in a house and an apartment building.

"The doors, I remember them always being open," said Levin (senior-science). "There's a lot less privacy, but it's worth it for the brotherhood experience."

And one new member was also eager to experience fraternity life in a house. "When you're pledging and you see 50 guys living together as friends, you want to be a part of it too," said Josh Petit (freshman-physics).

Dottie Colton, vice president of Associated Realty Property Management, 456 E. Beaver Ave., said Fiesta House will be leased out as two and three bedroom apartments this fall. The fraternity has been leasing the apartment building since 1992, she added.