Recent studies support that conclusion.
A 1994 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, for example, found that 86 percent of fraternity members engage in binge drinking, which is defined as five sequential drinks for men, four for women. Similarly, a 1993 Harvard survey of more than 17,500 students found that almost all fraternity and sorority members drank. Sadly, the problems associated with binge drinking at fraternities seem to be increasing. Within days of the fatal party at MIT, an undergraduate from the University of Massachusetts died after falling through a greenhouse roof while apparently drunk. And last May, two fraternity men from UCLA drowned during a fraternity-sponsored houseboat outing at a nearby lake.