Reformed Fraternity Sweeping the Nation

The Seattle Times had a front page piece the other day about how a UW fraternity has given up the date rape and brawling in lieu of correct posture, wine tasting and knowing which fork to use for the salad. This is the SigEps' "Balanced Man" program. Seattlest is guessing that Balanced Men still find the time to get shitfaced and punch holes in the drywall, but ideally at someone else's house and not while wearing identifying markings.

Frats gone good seems to be a story that has legs, though, and a bunch TV morning shows are doing segments about the chapter. Ok, they've cleaned up the house and have study sessions. That's great. Is it really national news, though? We were operating under the, perhaps mistaken, impression that this has been the direction of greek programs around the country for the past decade and that the occasional hazing death usually came out of Alabama or somewhere (in the South all bets are off). Apparently, we are wrong, though, and Animal House is still the rule and UW SigEps the exception. Weird.