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free.
“It will make it easier on our
selves by the year 2000 if we are al
ready rolling and know what’s go
ing on,” Lyons said.
Interfraternity Council Presi
dent Steve Sutton encourages fra
ternities to make the change on
their own.
“It’s a lot more painful process if
they don’t want to do it," Sutton
said. “When a young student en
ters into a chapter, it's not just
what we tell them, but what we do
ourselves.”
Enforcing the new resolution is
a serious matter and new territory
for the fraternity to explore. Mem
bers who bring alcohol into the
house may have it confiscated and
may go before a house board,
Lyons said.
“A lot of guys know they can go
somewhere else,” he said. “In the
house is not such a big deal.”
Tim Loun, Interfratemity Coun
cil co-rush chair and Theta Chi
member, said his fraternity’s deci
sion to go alcohol-free by the year
2003 may increase his chapter’s
membership.
The Sigma Nu fraternity, which
has 65 houses nationwide with al
cohol-free housing, studied the
1997-98 recruitment of new mem
bers. The fraternity found mem
bership increased from the previ
ous year on those campuses with
an alcohol-free chapter.
Dale said he believes the Delta
Sigma Phi resolution will attract
new members who avoid the
greek system because of the “Ani
mal House” stereotype of binge
drinking.
"We’ll attract people who aren’t
just interested in getting wasted,”
Dale said.
A 1994 study published in the
Journal of American Medical As
sociation found that 86 percent of
fraternity members engage in
binge drinking, which is defined
as five consecutive drinks for men
and four drinks for women.
Nationwide fraternity member
ship is down 20 percent, and only
10 percent of the University cam
pus is involved in greek life. Fra
ternity membership at the Univer
sity is down 25 percent from three
years ago, according to the Greek
Life Office.
“The main idea for us is getting
back to the reasons we started and
the principles and values of
1856,” Lounsaid. “We want to be
come better men, better leaders
and a better fraternity."
Theta Chi did not allow alcohol
in its houses until 1968, and Loun
said the introduction of alcohol
led to the first major infractions in
the houses.
Liability insurance may decrease
over time if the national fraternity
commits to substance-free houses.
Alcohol abuse is directly responsi
ble for 85 percent of the accidents,
injuries and assaults in chapter
houses, according to the national
Fraternity Board of Directors.
Three sororities have pledged
their support for the substance-free
decision. Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa
Gamma and Delta Gamma have
pledged to stop holding social func
tions by the year 2000 in fraternity
houses where alcohol is present.
Lyons said the sorority support
ensures chapter members will still
be able to socialize with sororities.
If the fraternity members who are
against the resolution are told that,
“it ends the discussion,” Lyons
said.
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