Alternatives to Alcohol
I go to a Big Ten school, so drinking is rampant, and the Greek system is obviously no exception. Over and over, I hear about educating our members, having sober monitors, and using third party vendors to make events safer. Well, my response is
MY MEMBERS WILL NOT STOP DRINKING UNTIL THEY ARE GIVEN SOMETHING ELSE TO DO!
As long as the norm is to rent out a bar and call it a mixer, people will get drunk, legal or not. The problem is that we don't know what else to do with ourselves.
It is really difficult for us to have dry mixers, because the fraternities are unlikely to cooperate. If we won't drink with them, they will find a sorority who will.
There is also a lot of pressure to party with our pledges. If our girls see every other sorority having a great time, and we are not, what is going to make them stick with us?
So this leaves us between a rock and a hard place. If anyone has advice, I would certainly love to hear it.
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