<p>Just because students write articles or letters to the editor in a school newspaper doesnt make it so. I am not privvy to inside administration goings-on, but I have to believe that they were closely watching PIKE’s behavior for opportunities to intervene, when they acted in ways that were sanctionable. Frats have to register their parties before holding them, and they have police presence at the door. </p>
<p>Sadly, other colleges have had students die of alcohol poisoning or drug overdoses, even schools without greek life (Rice lost a student the night before, or morning of beer bike a few years ago) and many frats have had hazing accusations. I suspect many more engage in hazing behind the scenes. Hard to know how many other college administrations are aware of the activities of the frats and are not as aggressive in dealing with it as you might like. I also imagine those schools aren’t dealing with having to rebuild after hurricanes and having to deal with evacuations and other major aspects of student safety.</p>
<p>Tulane’s freshman orientation has several presentations on student safety, given by members of the Tulane PD. They review the shuttle, escort, emergency phones, TEMS and other safety measures, they review how to maintain safety in a big city, and they let the students know that if they engage in criminal behavior they will be dealing with the NOLA PD, not the Tulane PD. They reported the number of kids that were arrested and jailed for drug posession last year (I forget the exact number). They do take this seriously. After the arrests last year, some students wrote an article in the school newspaper about the shortage of pot available on campus. Students will complain about anything and everything in their school papers, and I am glad they are permitted to do so, whether it be to rail against the administration for something or to whine about the pot shortage. I might suggest you consider reading the good things about schools rather than focusing on what you perceive as the “revolting” things. As others said above, such adjectives are extreme and unnecessary. Many good things happen on college campuses. You may or may not read about them in the school newspaper. I hope that is not your only source of infromation about a school.</p>