I was involved in Greek life in college and can testify. Not only did we need to register our parties with the university but we still had to worry about police presence and legal liability.
This isn't to say that these policies should be repealed- dumb people did dumb things, and thus these came into place, but it doesn't remove the fact that it's getting harder to hold a social gathering without a cop busting down your door and citing everyone in the room.
What would be the reas on for citing? I mean, you need to break some law for the cop to do so. I am pretty sure it is possible to have drinking party without dping something illegal (harder with marihuanna and that should be lagalized imo).
It's almost a given that any college party is going to have underage drinking, and providing alcohol to minors. When we used to have registered parties, there were wristbands for the few juniors and seniors that were over 21, and everybody else knew to set their cups down when Safety and Security did their walk-throughs.
Not to mention any other drugs that might get into the mix.
By virtue of anyone being under 21 there (which was usually about 2/3s of those attending, since most older people went to bars) we were doing something illegal. Additionally, noise complaint citations were a thing, and were often the reason why the cops came in the first place. Not that we were trying to be obnoxious about it, but when you pile 80-100 people in one location they're not going to be quiet.
I also think that the consequences of being cited have increased, or at least became more complicated. I (and many people I knew) were paranoid about running into legal trouble because of job prospects. Any opportunity to get a citation expunged was worth it.
I was involved in Greek life in college and can testify. Not only did we need to register our parties with the university but we still had to worry about police presence and legal liability.
This isn't to say that these policies should be repealed- dumb people did dumb things, and thus these came into place, but it doesn't remove the fact that it's getting harder to hold a social gathering without a cop busting down your door and citing everyone in the room.