Death this morning at OU

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Originally posted by MysticCat81
. . . as a society in general and college and Greek communities in particular, we continue to treat alcohol abuse, particularly among young adults as an expected, enjoyable phase of life rather than as a life-threatening problem.

I think DeltAlum is right -- peer pressure is perhaps the only thing that will work. If we as Greeks say "this is not what we're about, and we won't allow our brothers or sisters to abuse alcohol," we might get somewhere.

. . . I think a case in point can be found in the thread on drinking in letters. Why in the world so many GLOs take time and energy to make rules that members can't drink in letters (and then the resulting hyperanalysis on whether a tatoo constitutes "letters" and prevents one from drinking ever) is totally beyond me. Here are the messages such a rule entails:

-- drinking is bad and shows a lack of class, so don't do it; and

-- we know you're going to drink anyway, and we don't trust you to be able stop when you need to stop, so make sure that when you drink you're not wearing letters or doing anything else that would bring the group into disrepute.

If a GLO had a rule that members are not to get drunk in their letters, I could respect that. But this business of "don't drink in your letters," imho, does nothing to encourage responsible drinking and lots to discourage it.

Have at me.

Well said, MystiCat81. I agree.