Drinking in Letters

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I'm with you. Solo cups and being trashed is not the same as being of age and drinking responsibly.

.. which I can agree with, as well. The problem is always that gray area in between. Let's face it... a night out for one or two drinks can easily turn into a night you don’t remember, especially when you’re young.

Or.. let’s say your organization decides that alumnae can drink in their letters, but collegiate members can’t, and a girl transfers to another campus but doesn’t affiliate with the chapter there… now she’s still in college, around her sisters, and she can drink but they can’t? Or does it depend on whether or not you're taking classes?

Or maybe some alumni are out at the bar wearing their letters, and they're pretty drunk (not all alumni drink responsibly ALL the time), and the active brothers don't see why they can't wear their letters while drinking. Either that, or they become upset because their alumni members are making them look bad in front of other fraternities on campus.

I think that for these national organizations, it has to be all or nothing. To say you can do it sometimes but not others would probably cause more trouble than it's worth.