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Originally posted by Cream
My sorority never had a chapter house so this was never an issue for us. I suggest that you hold the next event you have involving alumni in a public place rather than in the house. It is amazing how well behaved people are when they are in public. They might trash your house, but they would never trash a restaurant or a rented room. I think that you should have a code of conduct that includes both the actives and alumni. If the alumni have a problem with that, then maybe it is better that they not participate in your events. Good Luck!
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We don't have a chapter house either. My campus has a sorority residence hall, and our chapter room is located in it. Some alumae were here for the weekend that we got our new girls after recruitment, and they stayed in the chapter room on couches. We couldn't very well force them to go sleep in hotel rooms. But then again, I guess there's nothing that says we have to let them stay in our chapter room either. I'm offended that we were hospitable, as we should be, and they took advantage of it.
As far as acting decent in public... Well with some of our alumnae, I am ashamed to say this is not true. They don't drink IN their letters... they know that's wrong. In fact, Tri Sigma is supposed to be a dry sorority. But what they DO do is go out and get drunk, then come back and put on letters and go out in public and act stupid. One semester, they were yelling at the Greek advisor and one of them was rolling around on the ground... she was SO drunk! It was highly embarrassing.
Thanks for everyone's input and advice... I was just wondering what relatively unbiased people would think. And I hope that no one else has to deal with such things
