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I noticed this article focused on Alfred University. If even a little bit of what we've heard about their system is true, I can see why the university is interested in closing it down. (I can also see why the remaining Greeks are fighting to keep it open.)
What it amounts to is that when a Greek system gets screwed up, the university is going to try to kill it. I don't see that the administrator being Greek himself has much to do with it. If I was a Greek life advisor at a school, and the AXD chapter was beating its pledges, you can bet I'd try to kick them off campus - even though I am an AXD myself.
If a school has a Greek system that's upholding its own values, the university probably won't do much. There are exceptions (Dartmouth), but they're unusual.
And once a system is gone, it doesn't usually come back. That's a big threat for us all to face.
DeltAlum is right. The university is usually reacting to a real problem. And while we all know these problems aren't unique to the Greek system, it's no excuse to say, "Dorms, sports teams, everyone else does it, too." After all, we set ourselves up as being men and women of character. We shouldn't be surprised when people expect us to live up to that.
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