Quiet Times at Fraternity Houses as Schools Crack Down on Excesses

"… Fraternity misbehavior has frustrated colleges as long as fraternities have been around. But now, amid worries about endemic binge drinking, sexual assault and a startling spate of deaths, schools are going beyond the old practice of shutting down individual houses to imposing broad restrictions on all Greek life.

Activities like fraternity parties and initiations have been suspended or curtailed at colleges including Ball State, Indiana University, Ohio State and the University of Michigan, as well as at least five where deaths have occurred this year: Florida State, Louisiana State, Penn State, Texas State and Iowa, where fraternities and sororities on good behavior have been permitted to hold one strictly monitored party per semester." …

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/us/fraternities-deaths-crackdown.html

Yep. They have gotten out of hand. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put 50-100 18-21 year old kids in a house with zero adult supervision should have their heads examined. With that said, administrators should be careful with what they wish for. They usually don’t consider the unintended consequences. Pushing bad behavior off campus behind closed doors can go very bad, very quick.