mccoyred--
I don't know if you are speaking of fraternities or sororities or both, but when I pledged, we signed a form stating that we would not consume alcohol at ANY time during our new member program. Each new member does it in our chapter. No alcohol is at any new member event EVER, and plays no role in our new member process.
Secondly, my sorority is not forcing our chapters to go dry. We are passing policy stating that they are not allowed to co-sponsor functions with alcohol in fraternity housing. They can do so at any third party vendor with licensed bartenders. This is by no means forcing us to go dry.
I don't think any group's traditions are steeped in alcohol. I think that drinking in college is something that most students take part in. Whether it be a keg party or Kappa punch, it's all alcohol. I've been to a Kappa party or two, and there wasn't much difference between their parties and those at white GLOs. This could just be my school, I don't know. But most students, GLO, BGLO, HGLO, or GDI, they enjoyed the party scene.
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Originally posted by mccoyred:
The difference is that we did not have to be *forced* to go dry. Alcohol is not part of the tradition of pledging or any other social aspect of HBGLOs, period. Now we do have 'mixes' at parties on occasion, like Kappa Punch, but I have NEVER seen a HBGLO have a keg party or things of that nature. In fact, there was a GLO fraternity on campus where if your feet did not stick to the floor of their house, that meant they didn't have enough kegs! *this was back in the day, late 80s* You would NEVER see a BGLO frat party treat their house like that.
Alcohol is another of the areas where GLOs and BGLOs have different traditions and protocols.
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