<p>well the issue re: greek life, is that the actual national greek systems may end up revoking charters now because of illegal activity coming from the houses.</p>
<p>it isn’t columbia killing it per se, and so folks shouldn’t jump to conclusions. i’m looking at you truazn :)</p>
<p>but i think someone pointed out on the bwog, this is child’s play compared to what beta was allowed to get away with in the 90s, and guess what, beta is back. it is a shame for the greek community because it was just starting to gain a lot of traction, and considered by res life as more legitimate. it will give the admin leverage to be a bit more stern with who lives in fraternity housing and the like. perhaps there may be walking back of the new alcohol policy, though i doubt it. but the real ‘hell’ that will come down wont be from the administration, but from nationals of the various groups.</p>
<p>most have zero tolerance policies. let’s just be clear to have the gaze in the right direction as things materialize.</p>
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<p>as for this being a greek problem, it is not so much a greek issue as it is an issue of pseudo privacy. it is easier to stash things in a house that isn’t being cleaned or looked after by facilities very much, nor do you have to pass a security guard to get in. let’s not conflate the fact that it was in greek housing with a condemnation of it being greek in origin. same with the ICH guy, it has more to do with lack of a strong university presence in those buildings that encourage behavior that is more on the margins of legality. now how to deal with this issue is certainly big and important for columbia and may have ramifications about how to assign housing. it may compel columbia to do what a lot of greek systems already do and have mandatory live-in elders or at times professors who work to monitor things. in fact i’d say columbia’s policy re: greeks is rather lax compared to what i have seen elsewhere.</p>
<p>and regardless, these kids can’t compete with the delivery services that are a lot more reliable.</p>