I was ready for
this, but I'm pretty sure a lot of students were not.
"State" Patty's Day is a "holiday" that began three years ago as a response to the the administration, who, seemingly to avoid the raucous behavior of St. Patty's Day, scheduled spring break to overlap with March 17th.
Since 2007 this holiday has become synonymous with binge drinking, DUI's, violence, and property damage. And though St. Patrick's Day has not been over spring break for the past two years, the students of Penn State have continued to celebrate it nevertheless.
Currently though, all fraternity parties will likely be restricted to either the 11 AM- 3 PM slot or the 8 PM to 11 PM slot for their event (i.e. no day long parties), there will be no wine nor liquor to be at these parties, and the guest list will be limited to 50 people (although I've also heard 100, the Collegian article stated 50).
Basically, this has caused an absolute uproar amongst Greek students as the policies do not really effect independent students, and many Greeks feel scapegoated by these measures.
I was just wondering what you all thought about this. Just as a side note though, the Panhellenic Council was not in any way involved in this decision making process, only the IFC. But the reaction to these decisions has been strong amongst all Greeks, so I wanted to know what everyone's thoughts on this were.
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