University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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a new way o ie By Jennifer Lee The hot topic under debate was parties, and what came from the Interfraternity Council, IFC, was a new Greek social policy. The goal of the new policy is to redirect parties on this campus, said junior political science major Ruby Hiramanek. The reason for the new direction of parties came from liabilities. It is too risky for the presidents of fraternities to carry all of the weight of frat parties on campus. Situations such as girls getting raped, underage drinking, and death are too much for an undergradu- ate to deal with, said junior biology major Timothy Brunell. Therefore, the IFC wanted to move parties from on-campus to third party vendors, places such as bars in Detroit, and then the liability was on the bars instead of the presidents of the house. Another issue with parties centered on funding. Fraternity parties usually squan- dered the monetary funds of most fraternities because sororities were not allowed to help pay for them, which was a national rule. By moving parties off-campus, this will allow sororities to be able to help pay for the parties and then the burden will not be all on fra- ternities, said Hiramanek. Students in the Greek system did not take the new social policy lightly. The new social policy pretty much sucks. The IFC are making so many rules and regulations it is becoming ridiculous. I mean you can barely have a party on campus now without get- ting some sort of violation or get put on social probation, said senior business major Brad Cardon. Yet, the IFC wanted to change the reputation of the Greek System on campus by moving the parties from campus to other vendors. So more regulations meant less room for mistakes that could look bad to the national Greek system, and could help with rush numbers in the fall. I understand the reasoning behind the new policy, but it takes away from the spirit of the Greek system and in the end, the new social policy will either not help or will just be ignored, said Cardon. Empty beer cans litter a shelf after a fraternity party. Although serving cans of beer was more expensive and left a bigger mess, individual containers offered a safer drinking option for campus greeks. S. Tedjasukmana photo 2 MlCHIGANENSIAN

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Alpha Epsilon Pi ' s house snake slithers around in the lank it knows as home. The men of Alpha Epsilon Pi enjoyed having a snake instead of a typical pet because it set them apart from many other houses. J. Werner photo The men of Chi Psi continued on the tradition of having a house dog. Moonshine the Tenth (the name has applied to every house dog) left the house with his senior owner this year. L. Proux photo GREEKS 351

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Keeping control of the crowd, the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity check with their guest list before admitting party-goers on Jan- uary 1 1 . The greek social policy demanded that Fraternities kept lists of all attendees. 5. Tedjasukmatia photo These sisters of Kappa Alpha Thela prove that a good time can still be had under the new social rules. Rules slated that all mem- bers of a party had to wear bracelets, and beer could only be seved in can form. photo courtesy Kappa Alpha Theta GREEKS 353