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Originally posted by BlairLynn
news here from OU:
Seems things are getting back to normal... Today is dad's day at OU... Turns out Sigma Chi has about 2 buildings worth of apts. at the new apt. complex campus lodge, so I guess many will reside there. A pledge sister of mine was dating the young man that died, so she went home sick, we don't know when she will be back. It seems like the thing not to bring up around here, even though I think it should be brought up. Most people are afraid that OU may become a dry campus, which I think is the least of our worries at the moment. Anyhow the cops have finally left the Sigma Chi house, and an investigation is still underway. Other then that, that's the news here at OU.
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Unlikely the University of Oklahoma will go totally dry; I wouldn't be surprised that even stricter rules on possession and consumption of alcohol in University housing (to include the fraternities and sororities) will be enacted, along with possible mandatory alcohol education sessions in the dorms and Greek houses. The Greek houses that aren't already dry as a matter of national fraternity policy could be forced to go dry or risk withdrawal of recognition by the University. But these are only possibilities; I have no idea what OU's administration has in store in the near future.
Back in my days as an undergrad, the drinking age for 3.2 beer was 18; 21 for "strong beer", wine and liquor. ("Contains in excess of 3.2% alcohol by weight - Oklahoma" used to be stamped prominently on cans and bottles of strong beer, now the less obtrusive cipher "OK+" appears on "strong beer" labels.) Shortly after the fall semester of 1983 began, the drinking age for 3.2 was raised to 21. Correspondingly, the dorms enacted new rules on their residents: if you're of legal age you can possess it in your room, but you could not consume it in public areas of the dorm floor. So, much of the underage drinking (along with the drugs) continued, only this time behind closed doors.
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