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Because it represents a huge "unfunded" liability for the university... The whole university system is facing huge economic uncertainty. When a pattern of behavior puts the college at risk (this includes both student safety as well as impacting federal dollars and other monies) then the university has an obligation to respond. It's not as if there haven't been some egregious incidents in the past. There's a drip, drip, drip of events which leave the impression that the GS is losing its way. It's not making kids do push-ups that's the problem. It's the under-age excessive drinking, drugging, promiscuity and date-rape as part of a pledging "rite-of-passage" that passes for normal behavior that's scaring parents and university administration throughout the country. It may not be every fraternity--but its hard for IFC to single-out one when they all have similar flaws to varying degrees.
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