Rarely do fraternity and sorority members have a social activity when alcohol is not present. Alcohol plays a large part of the Greek socialization process. Students living in Greek residences were more likely than non-Greek students to indicate that partying and drinking are important collegiate activities. For many Greek students, binge drinking began in high school and continued throughout college. Institutions should begin to examine the accountability, or lack thereof, that fraternities and sororities have to their members.
Greek residents are more likely to tolerate drinking which is contrary to their founding principles.
College administrators should hold Greeks and the national Greek organizations responsible for their actions. The strong culture of Greek organizations is a powerful force for its members. Administrators can implement several types of restrictions and guidelines to assist Greek members in transforming their culture. Non-binge drinking students are being dramatically affected by their binge drinking friends and roommates. This is also true, but at a lesser extent, at schools where less than one-third of students participate in binge drinking.