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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I get what you're saying, but what I'm saying is this: I think the system is going to die regardless. Sororities and fraternities can't survive with no rules governing alcohol, for example, because of the threat of lawsuits -- but the majority of college students won't join an organization that restricts their drinking and access to the opposite sex. Either way, we're looking at a serious decline in membership.
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I don't really blame the national and international HQs for this (most of the time they're doing what they have to do), but neither do I blame the students. What needs to change is the lawsuit-happy culture that we live in, where legal loopholes matter more than common sense -- but the culture won't change. So where do we go from there?
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Vis a vis your first paragraph, I think the jury is still out on that. I've heard men from newly dry chapters saying everything from numbers actually being up -- best thing that ever happened to us; to numbers dwindling. It's going to take a while to sort this out.
If they system doesn't die, it will certainly change.
Nobody I know would disagree with your final paragraph above -- but, you're correct again, that just ain't gonna happen.
So, maybe what that means is that someday there will be Greek Letter Organizations who have moved back to their roots and the reasons for their founding rather than places to party.
Or, maybe the system will die.
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