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Originally posted by 33girl
Without all the legal mumbo jumbo...
A fraternity party is a party at a fraternity house. There can be people from various sororities, other fraternities, and independents there (depending on campus traditions - at some schools a DKE would never go to a Sigma Chi party, for example). There might be a guest list, but anyone can attend if they are on it. Unfortunately open parties are becoming a thing of the past.
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Although I agree that it is unfortunate that open parties are becoming a thing of the past, there are good reasons why. Think of all the risk management problems a chapter can have when there are unknown attendees... many fraternities get busted for giving alcohol to minors, drugs, weapons/fighting, and sexual harassment issues (esp. with guys drugging girls' drinks and taking advantage of them now). But a lot of the time, it may not have been a member of that fraternity to blame, but they get the rough end of the deal because they were in charge of the party. Granted, those are the risks a chapter takes when throwing a party, but why not be a little more careful when selecting who may come in to the party and who cannot?
At my campus, a lot of the fraternities have been regulating their parties tremendously. There have been too many out of hand situations lately and although it is the fraternity's responsibility to take care and responsibility for what happens at their parties, people are still sick... they'll bring a knife or a gun, or drug some girl's (or guy's) drink, and then the chapter gets blamed. Guest lists are SOOOO helpful now because it's easier to monitor who and what comes into your party. Yeah, I wish there were more open parties now, too... but i feel a hell of a lot safer when it's closed.