Neither hazing nor drunkenness is exclusive to greeks. It's an almost universal problem on university campuses, or anywhere else where young people are unaccustomed to alcohol, and unaccustomed to being freed from parental and other supervisions common at lower level schools.

That includes the military services, as another "example" of kinds of places where the problem occurs.

Where the "newly free" are formed into "communities" somewhat independent of others, and especially where membership in the gangs organizations carry an implied "elitism," the bullying aspects seem to be somewhat more frequently seen, but there's been little formal study of that effect that I've seen.

In some of the greek groups, the community support aspects are a stabilizing influence that helps the members learn the needed sense of responsibility. In others, it's just party time, and irresponsible activities persist quite stubbornly.

There really are two sides to the coin, but as a confirmed GDI it might be better if I leave it to one (or more) of the frat rats with more intimate experience of it to offer any defenses of the greek systems.

John