Earlier this month in Quartz, Aisha Hassan wrote a fascinating piece on ongoing problem in fraternities in many colleges and universities. Hazing deaths, sexual assault, rampant racism and homophobia are just a few of the serious problems experienced in many fraternities.
In February of this year, the New York Times ran an article about three women from Yale who filed a class-action lawsuit against the university. They argued that the school fostered and enabled an environment where binge drinking parties at fraternity houses fueled mistreatment of women.