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It certainly seems as if there is a significant gap between the perception of things "now" by some and the reality of it as reported by current or recent students.
As for my "thens":
Mixer themes: Barn Party, Jungle Party, Boxers and Blazers, Revenge of the Nerds (several variations on this one), Hawaiian.
Sex: People actually dated one on one, no "group dates" like seemed to become popular in the 90"s; few random hook-ups, but lots of people sleeping with their boyfriends/girlfriends - it wasn't the 50's after all.
Drugs: Beer, Grain alchohol, little wine - unless you were on a date. Not much pot and nothing harder - Tech was pretty conservative that way. Coke and LSD was
in high school, but that may just have been Fairfax County.
Risky Behavior: It may seem mild now, but we had a pledge who cut the bra off a passed out drunk girl without removing her shirt and then kept it as a trophy for awhile. Rarely a drunk guy would run naked throug the house.
One thing no one mentioned was the apparent disappearance of the Fraternity little sister programs. We had 20-25 girls who were mostly independents -usually the girlfriends or relatives of brothers and their friends. They helped decorate the house,
went to intramural events and rush events, got to wear letters, paid no dues; like "cheerleaders" for the Fraternity. There was nothing overtly sexual about the sitiuation, although the Sororities we held functions with usually requested they not come.
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