Thoughts on sorority life?

dcolosi
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:57:54 +0000

Good point on the sorority houses, my D’s also doesn’t allow alcohol on the premises so there are no parties at the sorority house so all of the ones are hosted by fraternities. At the parties, they have to check in and also check out so people know who is there. In the Fall I was down for a Fathers weekend and one of the events was a fraternity party. While it was a little wild I did witness first hand some of the rules they have in place. The sorority also requires several girls to be “sober” monitors during these events. They rotate who is the “sober” and the girls actually where shirts with the word “sober” printed on them so they are easily identified. Their job if they see someone getting out of control or at risk is to get them out. Its not 100% but at least they are taking steps to try and keep things as safe as they can. I know when my wife was down for Mom’s weekend she also went to a fraternity party but based on what she told me, it was much more tame with the moms than what I saw and experienced.

On the social media aspect, I know my D’s sorority is very strict about what they post and what the girls can post. A big part of that is the sorority wants to control their marketing image on social media. My D post very little on her social media compared to what she would in high school. She will snap chat us a bit more to share things that she won’t put on Instagram.