Alcohol and the greek system tends to be a touchy subject. It seems to me that any time someone greek starts talking about alcohol or parties or bars, it reflects the greek system, when in all honesty, it reflects the individual. There are reallly two types of greeks out there, there are those who want to be socially acceptable-they join for the image of being greek. We don't like to admit that, but unfourtunatly it is true. I know several people who did this while I was in college. These people are the ones that are the "hard-core" partiers and drinkers. They try to make every greek event a drinking event. Now, i'm not saying that everyone that drinks are these people-don't take me out of context. The second kind of greek is the one that joined their orginization to make a difference. They want to be involoved. Yes, they like the parties and so forth, but the whole reason they joined was because they wanted to do something important and they found that greek orgs. supply that. So I don't really think that being greek really afects how or why they drink. I think that the individual is the one responsible for how and why they drink.
The unfortunate thing is that we as greeks are labled as "party animals". We put on the best parties and we know how to have fun, but that is because we have pride, we know each other, and we are comfortable around each other. We've created bonds with our sisters/bros. that are unbreakable. That is why we have so much fun together and why we put on great parties.
I believe that the biggest problem/myth is that people believe that to be greek you must be a drunk. Somewhere along the way, someone got the whole greek image off the track. It's too bad because people fail to see the good in greek orginizations because they don't want to see past the bad.
That's just my two cents.
Mikki
Delta Zeta Alum
Kappa Mu Chapter
Sigma Alpha Iota Alum
Eta Tau Chapter
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