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I'm an alum from Michigan State, a school that's seen its share of drinking related deaths. These were not all greek related, so I don't think that its fair for schools to automatically discredit these organizations. A better approach than slapping regulations on organizations, which will cause more resistance, is to build a partnership with them to find solutions to the problems. At MSU greeks work with the school, Department of Police and Public Safety, and the student body to educate underclassmen about alcohol, its effects, danger signs, etc. (the presentation is at least an hour, has shocking statistics, and some graphic videos of alcohol related auto accidents). Its not the schools place to provide this education, but students aren't getting it at home and we all know that young adults on their own for the first time are going to experiment with alcohol. Alcohol education is a program that's needed and if schools are willing to work with organizations on campus, instead of trying to police them, to get the message across, and it saves someone's life, then I guess it was time/money well spent.
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