"One of them told me that girls did heavy drinking (swilling vodka straight out of the bottle) so that they wouldn't mind or remember the other things they were going to have to do that night."
This is consistent with the reports I have heard, and what I witnessed. In effect, booze is sort of a required medication in order to endure being 'cool' all day long on stage, and worse, endure being 'in' at night. There were very, very few folks I encountered who honestly CHOSE heavy drinking b/c they really liked it. It was simply the ticket they had to punch, and evidently still do.
What was new for me to really think about was how the co-ed dorm scene is actually fueling more drinking. Not b/c again it is all that great ... but because the women know, if they don't drink, they will not be 'in'.
"sorostitutes" .... wow. That's a new one.
Nothing new @ WKU (my alma mater). The Chi Ho's and the Alpha Openthigh Pi's were the big sorostitutes....