Drinking and No Fraternity

[sylvan8798]

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@mom2collegekids

There are serious students who can moderate their partying on all campuses, and there are binge drinkers, kids with addictions, and other issues on all campuses.

And there are serious students who are binge drinkers. </p>

<p>But there are also those who go to class drunk or high, at which point a definite problem has developed.</p>

[SoccerGirlNYC]

<p>“I’m still waiting to hear about the Greek-heavy school that isn’t well known for binge drinking.”</p>

<p>Rhodes College??? - 50% Greek - not much of a rep as a party/ drinking school??</p>

[MLDWoody]

<p>they gave into “peer pressure,” the reason why anyone ever does anything bad. That or society…</p>

[k4r3n2]

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MIT cracked down very hard after the death of a frat pledge about 13 years ago…they totally revamped the rush system and forcibly changed traditions that had been in place for over a century (like freshmen moving into the houses immediately). It ain’t like it used to be at MIT, though you can still find hard drinking at the frats.

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<p>While this is true, there’s no evidence that drinking at MIT declined as a direct result of this. The incident that Hanna is referring to was, while very high profile, extremely aytpical. </p>

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Doesn’t MIT have a strict policy regarding frats? Believe me, it’s not the kids who know when to stop partying. MIT has suffered the same unfortunate fate as numerous other schools.

It would be a mistake to believe that the administration is what is keeping MIT students from drinking heavily during the week. I have never known of anyone who could successfully juggle partying during the week and passing their classes. This, I think, is the actual reason why MIT students don’t drink during the week - our classes are just really, really hard, and we need to spend our weeknights studying so that we can pass them. There just isn’t time for drinking.</p>

[momma-three]

<p>My son just graduated from MIT in May and according to him there was no time for any drinking during the week. There were many nights he would have liked to of had time to sit down and eat.</p>

[Hunt]

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Rhodes College??? - 50% Greek - not much of a rep as a party/ drinking school??

Thanks! Some info:
[Rhodes</a> College | Alcohol Use & Abuse](<a href=“http://www.rhodes.edu/12108.asp]Rhodes”>http://www.rhodes.edu/12108.asp)
The president of Rhodes supported dialogue on lowering the drinking age: [A</a> Spirited Debate On A Lower Drinking Age - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/20/national/main4366046.shtml]A”>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/20/national/main4366046.shtml)
Also, apparently at Rhodes Greeks aren’t allowed to live in their houses. I wonder if that might make a difference.</p>