I was reading through all the posts on this subject and was suprised about all of the views about drinking in your letters.
The way that I look at it ( and I'm not saying drinking is wrong b/c I personally like to drink) is that out of respect for your creed, whatever fraternity that you are in, you should not drink in your letters. I mean, how hard is it to put on another shirt. The oath that you took during initiation, I'm sure, has to do something with bettering your self and your community in some sort of way...So this is the thing, out of respect for your founders (who I think were considered gentlemen on their campus and did not have the intentions of the meaning behind their greek letters being disrespected by things of unimportance like alcohol...) , I would not drink in letters...
Also, many universities in our country are dismissing Greeks on campus because of what they see, and what they see are Greek men and women drinking and causing trouble in their letters...could this possibly mean that you are denying the right to be Greek to future generations...and even possibly your sons and daughters. I think we should all think how much our letters mean to us, and the values behind them...before we drink in our letters again...It's just respect
BUT thats just my opinion on things...hopefully someone out there agrees with me ...