Fraternities change party rules

[TSteven]

I've got friends who are Murray State alumni and they said this was a bad policy.

First off, the policy wasn't just for random open house type parties but covered all events. From chapter events such as Homecoming, Founders Day, Parents Day etc. to mixers and exchanges.

But more of an issue were the thank you parties that the fraternities held for the sororities (and in some cases women's dorms) who had participated in their annual philanthropic projects like Lambda Chi Alpha's Watermelon Bust or Sigma Chi's Derby Days.

So for one of these thank you events, if the fraternity wanted to invite just the members of say just the sororities and their own chapter, that would be a guest list of over 500 people. The previous policy said that the fraternity could only have their party at a site that held at least 500. Not many off campus sites could hold that number and the few that could usually cost a lot to rent. On campus events at say the student center would be considered dorky. In any case, after other costs are added and you factor in that there is no guarantee that all 500 guests would show up, it was a bad policy.

And the same was true for chapter-only events like Founders Day or Homecoming. My understanding is that it was a logistics nightmare to figure out how many alumni were attending so that the chapter could insure that there was a site to cover the possible number. And it really didn't allow for any 'walk ins' or late arrivals since the fraternities would have to book well in advance.

Now the latest version makes more sense, however, I'm not sure about this part.

When the number of guests who have signed into the social event reaches the rating, no more guests will be allowed to enter the event, despite of the number of guests who have left.

My guess is that this is directed toward 'house' parties more than third party vendor sites.