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A couple of things:
I live in a Beta house that is dry (as in the actual structure has no alcohol ever) but that certainly doesn't stop us from going and getting trashed nearly every thursday, friday and saturday night. The actives who are 21 recognize that this is beneficial to everyone, for several reasons--1)the younger members and especially pledges put a priority on studying on the nights when they need to study, 2) Our house is widely recognized as by far the cleanest house on Campus, and that is directly related to the fact that we never party in our house. 3) obviously it is somewhat safer to party in a single level duplex (as we normally do) as opposed to a three story structure that also has a very large deck on the second level. and 4) we never have to worry about getting busted by Campus Security for possesion of alcohol (all living units at Nebraska are supposed to be dry) and that prevents many problems--just ask the brothers at ATO here at UNL.
Basically my point is this--being a dry house doesn't mean that you are alcohol free, or even have to be.
Also, I think that we can all agree that greeks are unfairly targeted. I mean do you really think that if the chess team threw a party and someone died there that the university would close down every club on campus? Of course not, but if a problem happens at one house, the administration will automatically issue some statement to the effect "We are investigating the matter, and also the status of our Greek system as a whole" a prime example is the closing of the entire greek system at Bowdoin. That seriously is not cool.
I think basically that a lot of the greek anti-dry housing policy especially among frats is the product of a lot of misinformation. I would encourage any of my younger friends, when they rush to join a house that has dry housing--and I would tell them that it won't ruin their social life.
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