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Originally posted by AlphaXiGirl
Of course, I don't know the W&L rules/polices so I'll take your words as truth but that doesn't make any sense to me. Why would a university want open fraternity parties? And, if I am one of the FIPG groups on your campus, the first time that someone got hurt at a party and wanted to sue the fraternity I'd turn around and put the blame on the university - "well, we have national policies to control attendance at events but the university superceded our authority and made us allow anyone to enter...."
In a legal setting, I don't think that using the telephone book as a guest list is going to do anyone any favors.
I can't think of a single reason that a university would want to add to their liability by having this policy in place. Is it a written policy?
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My university had a bunch of houses throw parties open to all students. It was basically what happened every weekend like clockwork. One fraternity even ran something called "Bar night" every wednesday and had free keg beer and charged for bottles of better beer. All were well attended. They guaranteed your name would be well known and out there.
The university had no power with all the money it had. It tried to regulate but each house showed up with a lawyer and the university just reminded students that while they couldn't go after the fraternity, they could go after the individual students. What was the response of every fraternity? To never disclose who your members are. It's someone else's word against yours that you're in ABC.
-Rudey