A month ago his house threw a successful ice cream party for a sorority. He says his fraternity could throw themed non-alcoholic dance parties with DJs and elaborate decorations. In the 1950s and 60s, he says, his brothers used to build a small lake outside their fraternity house, complete with a boat that rowed dates to a tropical-themed party. Sitting in a quaint living room decorated for Christmas, several sorority women at Kappa Kappa Gamma said they are not enthusiastic about the NPC 2000 mandates. Sophomore Koshland says parties with alcohol will not be replaced by dry events.
Wood worries about the implications of making fraternities and sororities dry.
Back at Sigma Nu, Carlos Almendarez concedes that not everyone is enthusiastic about the Dry2K movement. Yet he is glad the resolution is going forward, and thinks it will give people like himself more options in which fraternity to rush, cleaner houses, and more options for dry parties. Most importantly, he says, it will help return fraternities to their core values. But he also understands human nature.