[QUOTE]Originally posted by PnguinTrax:
Did you join your GLO to drink and party or because you wanted to experience sisterhood/brotherhood, a supportive scholastic atmosphere, an opportunity to serve your community and a home away from home.
Yes, to BOTH questions!!
Already being a member of a service fraternity when I pledged my sorority, I was looking for a more social atmosphere. I also wanted more of the bonding that comes with a social GLO.
And to a member, the people who partied the most were also the ones who were at EVERY meeting/ritual/philanthropic event. They also had respectable GPA's.
The genie of college drinking is out of the bottle, and it is not going back in. Dictates and ultimatums do not work (18th Amendment anyone?). 20 years ago, when the majority of states had an 18 or 19 year old drinking age, this wasn’t even an issue. Who thinks the college students of 1980 were more mature or able to handle drinking better than the college students of 2000?
I know I might sound simple and naïve, but I have a hard time respecting a law (the 21 year old drinking age) that is WRONG. Period. And I find it utterly impossible to support anyone who says “Do as I say, not as I did.” I am so sick of alcohol being looked on as the root of all evil, when actually it is the misuse of alcohol. When it’s treated like a “forbidden fruit”, it becomes more, rather than less attractive. So when people finally turn 21, they go nuts.
I did take an oath to protect my sorority, which I believe means speaking up when you believe something is wrong, not just going along with the PC party line. I believe that decreasing the social component to the point a lot of people are talking about will mean less rushees and less chapters, and that is what I don’t want to happen.
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