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<p>Very poor analogy. This might be true if all college organizations were of equal value. But that is obviously not the case. The organizations you list provide a lot more to a college and to society than any GLO. For example, by training future military leaders and defenders of the country, even the lamest ROTC unit provides far more value to society than the best frats. </p>
<p>At their most benign, the best that can be said for most frats is that they can act as relatively harmless purveyors of social exclusion - for those who for some reason need practice in that cruel art. But I question the value of any organization whose main reason for existence is to decide who gets to join the organization. Sorry to say that Greek orgs are not the only ones drenched in this exclusionary thinking. I take dim view of Mensa and many honor societies for the same reason. They have no purpose other than deciding who can join.</p>
<p>The rather less benign form of frats is when they degenerate into primarily vehicles for delivering casual sex, underage drinking, illegal substance abuse, and dangerous hazing practices to their members. A few minor “service projects” every year don’t come close to compensating for the blight they are on many campuses. Every school I know of that for whatever has banned GLOs is better off for it.</p>