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Several GLOs at my undergrad had ice skating and roller skating socials. While we formally discourage "pre partying" and underage drinking, those socials usually involved some very drunk people who ended up at the hospital with alcohol poisoning or injuries related to being drunk and on skates.
I found it ironic that when I was an IO I observed that the chapters without major risk management (read: alcohol) issues were our Canadian chapters. With the drinking age being 18 in Canada, there wasn't as much of a need to knock down 5 shots and 6 beers to "get through the social." Binge drinking doesn't seem to be as big of an issue in Canada b/c the majority of college students are of legal drinking age.
Somehow I feel this was a case of new members pre-drinking to sustain their buzz throughout the event... Probably because I have been at those kinds of events. I've never been a huge drinker, so I just don't understand why people can't survive a gathering without a drink or a major buzz everytime. Those members did the right thing calling 911.
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