Alums and alcohol in chapter houses

[James]

Plus it was summer . . .

Originally Posted by 33girl

No, it is not "common knowledge." The scenario in the original post was an older alumna. She has a 27-28 year old daughter, so I'm guessing she's at least 50 or pushing it fast. The alcohol rules were not as big of a deal back then, especially since many states still had an 18 or 19 year old drinking age. And even if they were in place when her daughter was in school, her daughter may have never thought to mention it to her. Not to mention, I have no idea of the school but they may not have HAD a house when mom or daughter was in school.

I mean, this wasn't a bunch of 18 year olds doing beer bongs in their underwear with fraternity guys watching. It was a group of almost-age-30 alumnae and a 50 year old alumna drinking probably a glass of wine each. In the summer, with nary a collegian around. In a closed house, with no non-sisters present. We have some people who are pretty anal on the use of alcohol, but I can't imagine even any of them going ballistic in this situation. Like I said, I'm guessing there was more involved than not following policies...it sounds like some inter-chapter politics that's been simmering and reared its head.