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by grammers 1178 days ago
This sounds so crazy. Can't they just leave the premises to have a good party?
2 comments

Not really, no.

The way that university policy often works, is that for certain groups, especially "Greek Life" related groups, if you run an event that is included any members of that group, then the group could be held liable.

That leads to absurd situations where if a bunch of friends, host a party, in a privately owned residence, because the friends happen to be in the same fraternity, if anything bad happens, the fraternity could get in trouble.

And this is regardless of if the event is hosted off campus, in a privately owned place.

> Can't they just leave the premises to have a good party?

Yes. As others mention, many universities prohibit alcohol at official student organization events.