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I certainly wish those bylaws had been made more clear to us when we were struggling! I can only go by my own experiences with such things- and I know that even right now it's hard for us to be able to advertise/utilize campus facilities. There are rooms open, but once you mention it's for a Greek organization, oftentimes the space fills pretty quickly. It is usually only through the interference of the SOAR office that we are even able to have access to the same resources that other types of organizations have no problem acquiring. So I can only imagine how difficult things will be without the little faculty support that we have available. As for as parties...eh, I'm biased. Police breaking up DOC's parties has led to all of their party goers coming to our house parties, which resulted in there being too many people outside who weren't on the guest list, which resulted in the police showing up at our house and slapping myself and one of my sisters with a fat fine. They made very clear that, had they not had to deal with all the mtv/DOC drama, they would have been more understanding of our situation. That being said, I can see how people would consider them to be at the top of the party game. I often feel like DOC is doing this simply so they can live up to all of the stereotypes that people have pegged on them before they knew them. I suppose that's where my main problem lies. My sorority was founded in large part to work towards dispeling those rumors, so it's incredibly frustrating to me that now the general public is going to see such a distorted image of what greek life is. I guess I feel like DOC is being selfish, but really, I didn't expect more from them. And considering how little respect we have for them, and any other Greeks who so willingly participate in offensive and nationally televised activities, I wouldn't really expect them to have much respect for us either. Just my two (albeit lengthy) cents.
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