HEYthere, just a quick mention on dry Phi Delts, my poor husbands chapter, Phi Delta Theta at West Chester literally dried up and left. When the house had to go dry, the pledges found elsewhere to go. I find it really interesting that it is being discussed and the thought of going "dry" is still out there. I'll tell you one thing, having a dry greek campus would have put a real damper on many of our mixers and whatnot. Although if we were dry, I would probably be able to remember more of what happened during our college years 1996-1998! Well take care to you all and BE CAREFUL, but have FUN
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QUOTE] :Children: driving teachers to drink for over 100 years:)

We passed a resolution (I think) 5 or 6 years ago that would investigate being dry. We then decided at the 59th Grand Chapter in 2000 to NOT be nationally dry. However, a chapter that does not achieve at least all-men's average GPA (and probably other criteria) is supposed to be dry until they can bring their collective GPA's back up.

But to correct you, the undergrads voted down the nationally dry initiative.

LXA has declared several years ago because of Risk Management that all houses would be dry! Period!

Now, I do not agree with this 18 year old bull shit!! Thank you FED GOVT for that!!:mad:

You may go get killed in the Military and this hits so close to home now!:( OOPS, you are 18/20, but do not drink!:rolleyes:

The problem is when it gets over done and stupidity rolls up to the party!:o

WE ARE OUR BROTHERS/SISTERS Keeper!

Can some of the Fucking Morons do this???!:mad:

Our Brothers and Sisters Die Weekly because of Stupid Shit, and that really pisses me off! Get It!

It is not whether you drink, but how far it goes that causes the problems!

I'm the president of my chapter of Theta Chi and we are now alcohol free as of July. I am split on this desicion, but it is becoming a must for fraternities to go 'dry' these days. Greek Life is a dying breed because of large lawsuits and a 'tarnished' image. Most of this is brought on by problems stemming from alcohol. Now, I am not some conservative bookworm or anything. I love to party and party hard. I respect my fraternity too much to let anything bad happen to my chapter. If it means we must party outside of the house, than so be it. Also, insurance rates per man have not increased at all and Theta Chi pays one of the lowest per man rates in the counrty.

I have reserched AFH and many of the lawsuits that have recently been brought against fraternities. The sad and frightening reality is that since 9/11, there are less and less insurance carriers willing to insure fraternities. If this trend keeps up, there could be a few national men's fraternities that are dropped by their insurance carrier in the next few years. Without insurance, a fraternity cannot exist nationally. The great Greek system could dwindle down even smaller and entire national organizations could cease to exist overnight. This is a 'worst - case' scenario, but it is very possible.... and very likely if more problems persist in the future.

What are my true feelings on AFH?... I don't like it, but I do support it and I support the Greek Life system and want to see it flourish. Is AFH the answer?... only time will tell.

our whole campus is supposed to be dry but its not like they actually enforce it. as long as our beverages are kept in a cup and not in a can/bottle then everything is ok. but once the campus cops catch someone drinking out of a can or bottle or anything like that its big trouble for the fraternity. I believe thats why the Pikes are on probation here because at some party with the real world people someone was bringing beer in like a case or something and the cops stopped them. Im not sure of the whole story but thats the jist of it.

Nichole