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Old 02-07-2013, 02:37 PM
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Trying hard not to turn this into an "us vs them" situation, but...

I used to help advise our chapter at UNT. A lot of the "cultural" Greeks will use socials as fundraisers for the chapters, and there are already a ton of hoops that we have to jump through to get these off the ground (I can't speak for other groups, but ours are planned well in advance, with insurance/deposits/approvals/marketing completed before the semester begins). So, not only does that chapter lose money by not being able to host the socials they want, they also lose the opportunity to recoup the money they've already spent. The type of function that this individual was at is not the same as the events that we host, so issuing the blanket ban seems like a knee-jerk reaction.

Also, knowing UNT's culture, this is just going to create a ton of underground parties or folks going to Dallas or Fort Worth, then driving back to Denton drunk.
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Old 02-07-2013, 04:18 PM
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Also, knowing UNT's culture, this is just going to create a ton of underground parties or folks going to Dallas or Fort Worth, then driving back to Denton drunk.
This was my experience at UCO. Back circa 2000, we had an ATO pledge get his hip shattered after being run over while being passed out drunk in the middle of a dirt road. The University banned all alcohol at all functions. Did fraternities and sororities stop having alcohol at functions? Hell no. The rule was completely ignored and any semblance of control over Greek Life and alcohol was lost.

The school has sensibly back peddled from that and now we observe what are probably some similar rules to what you have at UNT. I think the current rules work fine and agree UNT's decision here was very knee jerk. Hopefully they reverse course and just start enforcing the rules they already had a little better.
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Old 02-07-2013, 07:35 PM
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Hopefully they reverse course and just start enforcing the rules they already had a little better.
This! Just this would improve so many things.
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