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Dude, I very much doubt that anyone here hates Beta. If that was the case, why would we care what is going on at the national level. I strongly disagree with some of the policies and actions it has taken over the last several years, and see a need for a change, but that hardly means I hate it and want to quit being a Beta.
New brothers do join under the idea of a dry house.
Beta does a great sell when going to a new campus. That much is obvious. What I do not know is how much they stress certain aspects of being a fraternity once a chapter is established.
I see that from some of the posts of the guys here that are part of a new chapter and how many problems they are having with brotherhood, sorority relations, recruitment, and the social aspects of being in a fraternity. All that without having alcohol present...so maybe these problems are not caused by alcohol but by the men Beta is recruiting.
You asked for an example and I gave one. A chapter that just started is under that policy-yet they were not the ones that did whatever it was that shut the chapter down.
Getting back to the point, once again I see no convincing arguments that alcohol takes away from brotherhood or ones integrity. All I see is deflections pointing towards 'it's the rule' or 'we don't want to be animal house'.
Hell, if a chapter is newly re-charted and has shown that it is in good standing and decides that they want to allow alcohol...why not let them? They are of age and legal adults. It makes no sense to me that being a Beta and being active enough to live in the house should take away from my freedoms.
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