I will agree with SAEactive in that Greeks sometimes bring bad press on themselves. However, I would also like to point out that drinking statistics are often used incorrectly to make an anti-Greek point stronger.
For example, take this portion of the article:
"But among Greek students, the numbers are higher: 86% of fraternity members and 80% of sorority members living in chapter houses are likely to engage in binge drinking."
There is a HUGE difference between the number of fraternity and sorority members
TOTAL, and the number of fraternity and sorority members
living in chapter houses.
Take my campus for example: My chapter had 55 active members, but only 10 lived in the chapter house -- usually the older sisters who were upperclassmen and, therefore, of legal drinking age.
If 8 sisters in the house drank, then, under the statistics used in the above statement, many people would assume that 80% of our sorority members drank frequently. In reality, we might have only had 20 sisters who drank regularly, which would be 36% of our chapter -- not 80% like the article implies. There's a big difference between 80% and 36%, but you have to read that article very closely to realize that the statistics aren't exactly what they seem to be at first glance.
(Sorry for the tangent, guys. I work in marketing research and deal with statistics daily, so I pick up on these things alot.)
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