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Brad--

A third party event means that the event, should it include alcohol, would be hosted at a third party, not a sorority or fraternity house. So why would a sorority open its doors to host an event of this nature? It wouldn't go with the policies you speak of.

As for women asking them men to help them circumvent the problem, that doesn't hold true everywhere. On campuses where we've had problems with third party venues, many times the men do not want to go to the third party vendor. They want the event in their house so all brothers can partake of the fun, so to speak. And if they can't do it this way, then they won't mix with the women. Unfortunately, since mixing is part of the fun of greek life, and one of the draws of new women into sororities, the sororities will violate the policy as to not hurt their reputations.

I hope that makes sense.

Heather