To keep a reign on wilder outbursts, colleges prefer to work with fraternity leaders.
But he said many young fraternity leaders were working hard to fight alcohol abuse.
The council gave the impression that fraternity leaders were making headway against the heavy drinking around which their culture has revolved.
Among fraternity leaders, 74 percent reported binge drinking (having five or more drinks in a row) within the previous two weeks.
He became a fraternity leader.
College officials who look to fraternity leaders to help curb drinking on campus may be letting the fox guard the henhouse.
By the end of the decade fraternity leaders realized that a merger with another fraternity was needed to continue.
After negotiations between administrators and fraternity leaders, Middlebury College has decided not to prohibit fraternities from moving off campus.
Administration officials and fraternity leaders maintain that the agreement would not restrict the college's ability to take disciplinary action against students who violate college regulations off campus.
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