Fact 1: The average college student binge drinks. Greek or non greek it doesnt matter.

Fact 2: GHB is also a substance that is made naturally by your body. Unless, its in a high dose, just because you have traces of GHB found in your system does not mean, someone spiked the alchi with the date rape drug.

Fact 3: If you find out where these people got their stats from, such as the name of the organization (i.e Christian Coalition, etc), you wil generally see the hidden agenda that lies.

I agree with SAEactive completey, that we as greeks tend to bring these things on ourselves, and need to do better. HOWEVER, I also think, ok not think...I know, that the media likes to twist things around before all the facts are out. For most of those incidences, there was never any info saying that so and so was seen drinking at the fraternity before the unfortunate death happened. It just so happens that they happened to be in XYZ fraternity. For all anyone knows one kid could have died from something that got put in his drink at the bar. What were the blood point levels of these kids? I mean if youve had on drink, it can be found in your system. Couldnt it just be coincidence, and that unfortuantely with high winds and speeding, a deadly accident occured.Dont get me wrong, I feel very much for the families and am sad for them. But in all seriousness in this world (and this just isnt about drinking), individuals need to start taking responsiblity for their own actions . We cannot continue to let people blame our whole system for what individuals who were unfortunately reckless do. In all honestly until I get all the facts and Im not saying that the fraternities didnt play a part because I dont know, the only one situation that I think they can blame drinking and being in XYZ for would be the one where they beat the male.
Going to UM and dealing with the Courtney Cantor issue, I can say that her death is still unexplained and no one knows whether drinking played a part. GHB was found in her system, but not high doses. Doses that even a doctor said her body could have naturally made itself. Her bloodpoint wasnt even close to the legal limit. The poor girl fell out of her 6th story window and we might never know why. Truthfully, many people at UM who were there think it was possibly a suicide or foul play. The way the windows are set up and how her loft were, just just cant accidently fall out the window. It impossible. May she rest in peace.
In the end I hope these were all coincidences, but knowing that stuff like this can happen, we as greeks need to do something to defend ourselves from the media and defend each other from letting these deaths and incidences occur.