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Originally Posted by KSigkid
I think, in URI's case, it has to do with reputation. The school has a rep as a party school, and by saying that Greek orgs are alcohol free, they're trying to reverse that old tradition.
I agree, though, that we have to be careful of our wording. We shouldn't make ourselves out to be something that we're obviously not.
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Yes, we were voted top party school by some poll maybe three times in the early 90s, and Greeks suffered for it. About half of the fraternities are gone now, all but one on the main street of campus being kicked off (so frat row is no longer), the last finally building a new house in Greek Circle. The campus also got rid of all bars too. They didn't truly crack down on the drinking at the fraternity houses until after I graduated in 2001 though. Before that if you were caught you were in trouble, but everyone did it at the beginning of the year as part of rush. Now their rush is totally dry, although I'm not sure if it's become more formal in the process or anything.