Darkness will dominate Greek Row no more.

Members of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity joined the city of DeKalb employees in a “walk-around” Tuesday night examining the lighting on Greek Row.

Ten Phi Sigma Kappa members expressed concern over specific areas that they felt were under-lighted.

“After the Greek houses, it goes completely black,” said Jeff Sieradzki, a junior engineering technology major.

First Ward Alderman Andy Small said that Kimberly Drive and Edgebrook Drive seemed exceptionally dark.

A survey of the lighting on Greek Row had been conducted last fall. The purpose of the walk-around was to see if people had upgraded their lighting after being contacted by members of the city’s community development department.

“I don’t want to fine anyone,” Small said. “I just want them to comply.”

Members of the community development department, as well as Phi Sigma Kappa and other community members, piled into Small’s van and toured the Greek Row area.

Specific areas noted as being under-lighted included the parking lot next to Campus Cinema, 1015 Blackhawk Road, and many areas along Greenbrier Road and Kimberly Drive.

The group particularly noted how dark Hawthorne Lane is.

“That would be nice to put a couple of poles on that road,” Small said.

Douglas Sheffer, a senior political science major and chapter president of Phi Sigma Kappa, said he thought people, women in particular, do not feel safe walking in the area.

“And that’s the real problem,” said Prashanth Pathy, a junior marketing major and Phi Sigma Kappa member.

Sheffer said he hoped the fraternity’s involvement would encourage other Greek organizations to get more involved in the community.

“All in all we’re trying to build a better name for the Greeks,” Sheffer said. He said this was part of a community cleanup process on Greek Row.

Nicolette Grenell, an intern with community development, suggested the fraternity police the community on the lighting issue.

“Don’t be a snitch, but tell people what’s going on,” Grenell said. She expected changes to the lighting to be completed by the end of the summer.