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EXACTLY JOHN!
Fraternities are the perfect place to host social events and have played that role on college campuses for almost 3/4 of a century.
Every fraternity throws parties. Yes, even some of you on this board may not believe that your lil' angel chapters would never, EVER submit to throwing a party or social event. But guess what, THEY DO!
So now, the administration at Umass is stuck with a student population of thousands of kids EVERY weekend, getting into cars, going to parties in neighboring cities and towns, going to unregulated parties with no one accountable, no security, spreading out across one of the wealthiest towns in Massachusetts causing property values to decline.
So with the elimination of most fraternities at Umass, CRIME IS UP, DRINKING IS UP! Go figure. The town, police and administration were so intent on making an example out of someone, ANYONE, just to show they were tough. You know what? They shot themselves in the foot. They went after the very people that were not causing the problems!
Sure frat row at Umass had it's problems, but 99.9% of the crimes occurred outside of the greek system. We had one rape in about 15 years, and that fraternity was promptly shut down and banned forever. However, there are dozens of rapes a semester in just the Southwest area of dorms at Umass!
A greek system is self regulating in most instances. It's when the administration, or police, or town comes in and starts to over regulate, or impose their agenda, that has a negative effect.
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