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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Greek system should be abolished.  How many hazing deaths or injuries will it take?  The peer pressure and social structure of these organizations prevents young people from doing what's right, because the social consequences would be too high.  Any greek organization needs to go back to being 100% community service.  No houses, no parties, no booze allowed.[/quote]

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I went to a college (Jesuit) without a Greek system. People self segregated into groups and did this too whether it was the baseball players, lax, etc. Young kids are going to drink into oblivion. [/quote]

The Greek system provides a context and a structure for this.   There is certainly binge drinking and other dangerous behavior outside of the Greek system. But there are aspects of the Greek system that increase the likelihood that things like this will happen in a fraternity vs. another college living environment. One factor is the hazing itself. Most binge drinking that occurs outside of frats/sororities/sports teams is voluntary rather than organized and induced by a group. When it's organized by a group, that group has more fear of reprisals when something goes wrong. Another factor is the lack of independence - I'm thinking of the guy who said that they should call 911 but was ignored - why didn't he just call 911 himself?  [/quote]

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