I am an Alpha Xi on a small campus that is dry, and I will tell you that this new rule has really put a damper on our social life. When I was pledging I went to mixers in fraternity houses and I had such a blast. Little did I know they would be my last. Since this rule has come into effect, we hardly ever have mixers with anyone, nor do fraternities want to because of the pain to do something outside of the house. We live in a rural-type area, and there aren't any places for us to mix at. Therefore, we don't get to have all the fun that we used to. My boyfriend is a fraternity member, and I am current sweetheart of their house. Many of my sisters date his brothers so there are many of us down there independently all the time. But now, because of this rule, if there are three of us there at one time it can be considered a sorority function and the entire sorority can be written up. It is not fair! Who says I can't, or someone else can't go see thier boyfriend if they want to? It's ridiculous. All we seem to do anymore is do philanthropy work. Going out and having fun together is a thing of the past now that this rule is in effect because we have no where to go. This campus is dry, but I am aware that people still sneak alcohol into their rooms, etc. This is practically impossible to control. Why does this rule apply to us if we have a dry campus?
I also want to say though that as an executive board member I met with representatives from our nationals and I know why we have this strict policy. Policies like this one are made because something bad happened somewhere else and this rule protects something from happening somewhere else, and the legal issues that come along with it. I understand all this, but I guess I don't understand why it makes a difference on a dry campus like mine. I mean, we had to call Nationals and ask permission to go over to their house to held bulid our homecoming float in the basement. What is going on here?
