We get it: You want to have a place to party and you're sick of playing beerpong in your friend's natural triple or your eight-man's common room. We aren't trying to be these evil, washed up "Mod monsters" (as I was called this weekend). There are just a few simple things that will get you a long way.
If you have the connection "my friend that's on this club sport's friend is friends with one of the people that live here," have the friend check with the friend to see if the other friend can meet you at the door. If you have that connection and the person is friends with your friend (and you follow these other suggestions), it is completely likely that people won't actually care that much. Introduce yourself to the person that lives there, and know his or her name. If you do have an obscure connection, don't get offended if the person who is by the door is short with you. Be assured that no one wants that job and that person has dealt with countless groups already.
Most importantly, be courteous. You're in someone else's place and it simply isn't cool to just open the fridge, grab beer, or start ripping shots. Have your most direct connection to the residents get you a drink. Don't be rude to any of the residents or their friends. If you are asked to leave, do it.
The sense of entitlement to Mod entry needs to stop. I've heard from countless people, "I don't remember acting like this when we were underclassmen," and I don't know if that's true or not, but if we did, then I wish someone would have told us this information so we wouldn't have come off as immature and entitled as some Mod patrons I've encountered.
Riley Sullivan
A&S '12
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