re: #160 Obdicut

At my university, the Fiji frat (I don’t know their real Greek name, that was their nickname) was disbanded after a long series of date-rape incidents and fights. All of which was completely accurate. They threatened physical harm to the head of the IFC.

Some frats are great. the Frats at MIT are a good example; they’re still a bunch of geeks. But some frats really do live up to the stereotype, and they’re still recognized as part of the greek system by the other frats. That’s a problem.

Right. If you cannot self-police someone else who you are affecting with your antics will. I think the major issue is that most members of fraternities (and arguably this is a general human issue, especially in the 18-22 year-old age group) are uneducated about the full consequences of their actions, or simply too short-sighted to care.

And the self-policing issue also applies *within* chapters. A poorly run, or non self-discipling group are the ones that will eventually run out of luck and have a major incident. In the meantime the bad actors will be covered for by the others simply because “they’re brothers”. (I rate that as the 2nd greatest facepalm thing to hear after the excuse “I was drunk”.)