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I hardly agree with it being the fraternity's responsibility to "entertain" sorority women... most parties I know of (Greeks don't have off campus housing, so the parties I am referring to would be on campus in the house), the men choose to throw on their own. You can't argue that there would be no drinking happening on fraternity property even if you take sorority women out of the picture... it's something that would still be happening regardless.
The thing that I've noticed at Mizzou is that the reason fraternities are held responsible is because THEY are the ones breaking the rules. We have a dry campus, and some fraternities continue to throw parties in their houses, which is breaking a rule. Yes, sorority women attend those parties. But the fraternity is the host of the party. You will NEVER see drinking in a sorority house. (And I mean that... it's not uncommon for girls to lose their membership over it.) If the rule is that the campus is dry, and a fraternity chooses to serve alcohol at a party, how is a sorority breaking any rule? Why should they be held responsible?
As for any parties that happen at an off campus location and later become associated with a GLO... in my opinion, that is entirely the fault of the person who chose to throw the party for not fully considering how it could reflect back onto their house.
With all that said... because we have a dry campus, all parties, mixers, etc. that are thrown by a fraternity and sorority are supposed to go through Greek Life. And these events are ALWAYS held at an off campus location... usually a club or bar. If there is a problem, both houses would likely be responsible because both houses involved would have had to rent out venue together. And for events like semi-formal and formal, lists of all members attending and their date's name must be submitted to Greek Life before the party is thrown... so there is some idea of who all was present if something happens.
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