RUSH Parties

MenaceKiller · #1 09-16-2002, 02:38 AM

I'm ashamed to admit that my fraternity is a bit on the wild side.

Since my fraternity mostly consists of deaf members, we've also been a bit isolated from truly fitting in on the campus Greek cliche. Every former president of LSP, and of our deaf sister sorority, has been lax about reading, understanding, and acquiring help to understand the complex legal literature about our school's requirements and restrictions that apply to ALL our Greek crews on campus.

Once I became president of this excellent organization, I began to outreach more, contact other presidents, and have meetings with our school's Greek advisor. The advisor is excited about working with a veteran organization that just flew under his radar for so many years.

Here's my problem.
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My fraternity has vehemontly resisted giving up any access to alcohol at any time. Only because of tradition, we have "dry" ritual and retreat events, but ONLY for a specific period of time (and there are breaks for a half hour "non-event" time where the guys guzzle down as much beer as they can to last them to the next "break").

There is a traditional rush party held every Friday of rush week between LSP, our sister sorority, our rushees, and the open public. Keg beer is free upon admission and liquor shots are sold on an individual basis. The guys are really looking forward to this party as usual, perhaps even more than our rush events.

Now, I've read our chapter re-charter papers and some "Fraternity / Sorority Guideline Manuals" that were passed back to me on 9/3/2002. Inside, there was legal documentation stating that all rush activities MUST be dry, including parties, or else there will be punishment in the form of fines, probation, etc.

What the heck can I do? Every trusted brother that I've asked their opinion on this subject objects to the school "controlling their behavior off campus and outside their jurisdiction." Some of them are stating that it's not fair and they will ignore the rule, due to tradition. Another is concerned but is sure we won't get caught since we never have been reported and those who don't like us won't know how to report it.

Help? Can anyone make sense of what I've just said???