Fraternities don't ALL suck... :) (Score 1)

I won't argue about fraternities with you, as I was in a very small regional sorority in college that was quite a-typical, but I will say I graduated from GWU, and it was not a happy shiney place. I think the biggest downside to fraternities is that they often encourage people not to see what is going on in their community outside of the fraternity or sorority. GWU was a pretty hate-filled place when I was there ('90-'94) and I hope those years were an aberation - but I received one too many rape threats and saw one too many friends gay bashed not to say something.