hey all, i am a lil irritated with my greek advisor right now so i am here to vent about it. reply if you want.
first of all, i am an alum of a local sorority that is an associate member of PHC. We do not participate in formal recruitment (this is will make sense later.)
We recently had to opportunity to put together a joint party with Nu Alpha Kappa at a third party club. We have flyers out and everything and we are hoping to make a lot of money because we are using it as our first fundraiser of the semester.
However, the party is tomorrow (the 12th) ... Friday is the beginning of Formal Recruitment and IFC recruitment is the following week meaning that it is still technically Dry Rush on campus. Our greek advisor has told the national orgs that if they attend our party they will be put on probation for violating Dry Rush. Sooooooo... there have been rumors flying that we are making the party dry, meaning the bar will be unavailable.
I understand that Dry Rush is intended to keep PNMs from thinking that all greeks drink and party. However, if the "party"/fundraiser is thru a 3rd party vendor and the environment is more controlled than a house party, and we are charging for admission, why is it such a big deal that alcohol will be served or not. It's a CLUB/BAR... that's what they do.
A good friend of mine who is also involved with IFC made a good point... It's like saying that nationals will be put on probation if they attend a club during dry rush.
This event also isn't intended to be a recruitment event either. We may mention to PNMs that we are throwing a fundraiser at a club but we won't be taking names at the door. It's open to the public as well.
I mean I am sure lots of people will show up whether we serve alcohol or not. There are a lot of other people around besides the greek system on campus. But I am just scared that people will pay their cover (which is pretty high), find out that the bar is closed, and then leave with a bad taste in their mouths. But I don't want people to get in trouble either for something that is, in my opinion, stupid. (Dry Rush isn't stupid; the punishment for attending the event is...)
I even checked out the place today... the bartender laughed when I said that I thought it was gonna be dry and he said that he didn't have enough soda and juice for everyone. That kinda made me laugh.
Alright, that's my frustration. I hope it goes well. But it's me, I worry about everything...
Thanks for reading!
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