As some of you may know, Umass' notorious "frat row" is no more. The 5 houses that once stood across from our very first chapter house have been demolished.
I have included a link to a local author/political activist/observer, Tom Devine, who I frequently read on a daily basis. Tom is in his 50's, a native of Springfield Mass., a Umass-Amherst alumni and now a current employee at Umass-Amherst. I enjoy a lot of his writings about local history, especially of the Amherst area.
Well, today on his "blog" he posted an outsiders view of the once proud greek system at Umass. Tom would have been at Umass in the 70's, but I think the observations and opinions may very well apply to today's greeks.
http://www.geocities.com/bstateob/journal.htm