http://chronicle.com/article/Reining-In-a-Fraternity-Is-No/231109/?cid=at
Of course, this is nothing compared to UVA, where Phi Kappa Psi is suing Rolling Stone Magazine over the outrageous fabrication the publication printed under the banner "A Rape on Campus."
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/07/why-a-uva-frats-potential-lawsuit-against-rolling-stone-could-succeed
The Greeks reportedly have never been more popular on college campuses. Nor have they ever had more influence.
http://www.alternet.org/education/5-ways-fraternities-are-wielding-major-influence-over-university-administrations
During my college years I drank a lot of beer and wasted a lot of time as a Phi Psi at Franklin & Marshall College. On the other hand, the fraternity was the locus of my college years, not the college as a whole. My college world was two blocks from campus... and a world away.
F&M, sometime after I had graduated, withdrew recognition from the 11 frats. Result? Most of them simply went underground. Alums continued to support them. Our house was turned into the college's "art house." But alumni got it back and it's Phi Psi again.
Fraternity life meant a lot to me: it made my college experience. And obviously it has great meaning to many more students, as do sororities for women. While the availability of booze may be a big factor, I can't believe that is the only or even main factor accounting for perennial Greek popularity. The Greek system must provide something that college and universities without them cannot provide to a significant segment of the student population.
Here are a few explanations for whatever they may be worth:
http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2011/08/29/33867/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-campus/201109/how-fraternities-and-sororities-impact-students-or-do-they
http://thefraternityadvisor.com/reasons-why-guys-join-a-fraternity/
http://www.campustalkblog.com/5-good-reasons-to-join-a-fraternity/
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