This blows my mind!
If I rushed a house and the brothers told me that they don't allow tobacco or alcohol...and used that as a selling point I would have laughed in their face and left them at the front door!
Alcohol and tobacco is not illegal. I don't smoke, but as long as people clean up their butts or spit cups there isn't a problem. I might swear off alcohol when I wake up dehydrated and with a throbbing headache...Rather than ban alcohol, fraternities should promote responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages. If you go into just about any industry you will be expected to attend social events-which will have booze. If you make an ass of your self there...well, there goes your career.
Hell, I'd bet anything that during the meetings in which Knox and Marshall set down the founding principles they were drinking some cognac and smoking a cigar!
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