I'm honestly a little appalled.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Heh. Honestly, you guys might think I'm overreacting, but I was under the impression that a shirt CLEARLY about drinking was against NPC rules. You'd just think they'd try not to be so...obnoxious about it.

It's the use of the word appalled I think. This is similar, to me, to the individual who was going to stop a jogger in another sorority and admonish her for wearing her letters while she was jogging.

You're learning that your campus culture is not the same as other campus cultures and that the rules you learned as 'THE RULES' were not actually 'THE RULES' for national orgs or the NPC. When it comes down to it, it's not surprising you went at first, but continuing to be horrified and appalled is where the overkill comes in.

Also, I do agree that this was probably a pre-game T-shirt, not a T-shirt about 'pregaming' before a party. Because who does that, seriously?

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

It's the use of the word appalled I think. This is similar, to me, to the individual who was going to stop a jogger in another sorority and admonish her for wearing her letters while she was jogging.

You're learning that your campus culture is not the same as other campus cultures and that the rules you learned as 'THE RULES' were not actually 'THE RULES' for national orgs or the NPC. When it comes down to it, it's not surprising you went at first, but continuing to be horrified and appalled is where the overkill comes in.

Also, I do agree that this was probably a pre-game T-shirt, not a T-shirt about 'pregaming' before a party. Because who does that, seriously?

Yes, you're a little right. It's a TOTALLY different type of school in all ways from my undergrad. But it's not like I said anything to her, and I wouldn't; I just wanted to see what y'all thought.

The shirt did specifically say "Pre-game party".

See, that is interesting, though, because I was under the impression that ALL NPCs were required to be alcohol-free (e.g. XYZ cannot have alcohol at rush if they are part of NPC, they cannot have parties in the house if they are in NPC, etc).

Different strokes for different...schools, I guess.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Yes, you're a little right. It's a TOTALLY different type of school in all ways from my undergrad. But it's not like I said anything to her, and I wouldn't; I just wanted to see what y'all thought.

The shirt did specifically say "Pre-game party".

See, that is interesting, though, because I was under the impression that ALL NPCs were required to be alcohol-free (e.g. XYZ cannot have alcohol at rush if they are part of NPC, they cannot have parties in the house if they are in NPC, etc).

Different strokes for different...schools, I guess.

They are encouraged to lay off the sauce, but not required. It's truly a campus culture thing. While fraternities at my school often drink in letters you'll rarely if ever see a sorority woman drinking in letters, and she gets the stink eye if she does. There would never have been a shirt like this made by any sorority on campus. But I've got plenty of friends that were active at far larger schools with huge party reputations and it was a whole different ballgame...which is why the shirt, while very tacky IMO, isn't exactly a shock to many people.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Yes, you're a little right. It's a TOTALLY different type of school in all ways from my undergrad. But it's not like I said anything to her, and I wouldn't; I just wanted to see what y'all thought.

The shirt did specifically say "Pre-game party".

See, that is interesting, though, because I was under the impression that ALL NPCs were required to be alcohol-free (e.g. XYZ cannot have alcohol at rush if they are part of NPC, they cannot have parties in the house if they are in NPC, etc).

Different strokes for different...schools, I guess.

I didn't think you were hunting her down to yell at her

And while the NPC does have rules about dry houses and recruitment, they do not require the GLOs to be entirely dry. Said rules are unanimous agreements if I recall correctly. If it was a recruitment T-shirt saying "Come get sloshed with the Sigma Lambda Omicron Sigma Etas!" I'm fairly certain there would be a problem. But as an 'event' shirt, it's up to the chapter/org.