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I feel like part of the problem is this college culture that seems to assert that for the four years we are in college, we are free to act like asses whenever the feeling strikes us. To a certain extent, it's a matter of people acting mature and taking responsibility for their actions... whether it be NOT having that last beer (or four) that will set you over the edge and make you do something stupid, not picking a fight with someone just because his fraternity is different from yours, not going around vandalizing property just for the hell of it.
Four or five fraternity chapters have folded or lost their charter at my school in the last four years alone. One more is currently in danger of losing their charter due to an alcohol violation that occured during a pledge mom hunt (a pledge got sent to the hospital with alcohol poisoning). While two more chapters have arrived to take their place, our fraternity scene is in a state of decline, even though no one, not even the administration, really wants to see this happen.
What needs to happen, in my opinion, is for people to take individual responsibility for their own behavior and collective responsibility for the behavior of their organization as a whole. Membership in a Greek organization is a privelege and does not give us the right to drink irresponsibly and damage property and lives.
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