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The 70s was because of a general feeling of anti-establishment and Greek Life was definitely establishment. I think the issues facing Greek life today are very very different than they were then.
It certainly feels like Greeks are totally out of control. I think we used to do a better job of policing ourselves, but it's possible there were just as many issues but we didn't know about them. I did volunteer for Alpha Gam for 30 years on the collegiate side and whether it just got reported more or whether it happened more, hazing, sexual assaults, and trips to the hospital for extreme alcohol intoxication DIRECTLY related to their greek membership were increasing.
I also agree with the comments about us claiming to be living to a higher standard. Our purposes/standards/creeds, etc. and the reality of greek life are pretty far apart from each other if you ask me.
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