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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy
I actually know of one fraternity that on the international level discourages all of its members from drinking. Whether or not they actually follow that is a whole other story.
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Which international fraternity?
Discouraging members from drinking is totally different than a rule prohibiting it. "Alcohol free" generally speaks to living environments and not what members may do legally. Theta Chi has a good alcohol free housing initiative. (see below) Other fraternities have something similar. And yet other fraternities - who do not have an alcohol free housing initiative - prefer to focus on alcohol-awareness education. However, specific chapters may have something similar to Theta Chi's initiative. (Might be campus mandated or adapted by the specific chapter.) In any case, neither situation prohibit members from drinking legally.
Alcohol Free Housing
(from the Theta Chi website)
WHAT DOES ALCOHOL FREE MEAN?
The [Theta Chi] Fraternity's Alcohol Free Housing Initiative does not attempt to tell our members not to drink or enforce a "prohibition" policy on our chapters. Members, of legal age, are entitled to their rights as 21 year-olds to consume alcohol, just not on chapter property.
Alcohol fee housing means there will be no consumption or storage of alcohol on property owned and/or leased by the Fraternity. Annex houses, undeveloped property, and houses rented by individual members for use by the Fraternity are subject to alcohol-free policies. Social events held at the chapter house may not involve alcohol. If a chapter wishes to have alcohol at a social event, that event must take place at an approved third-party location (i.e. restaurant, club, lodge/hall) All chapter functions are still expected to meet the standards of the Fraternity's risk management policy.
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