<p>Argh. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is the frat scene at SMU is more than “vibrant.” In fact, I remember a few years ago a hoopla about buses taking students off campus to go drinking. The good news: Not a lot of drunk driving. The bad news: It’s cause they’re all wasted on a bus that takes kids to bars. I did a quick Google search but couldn’t find the info I was looking for, but I did find this, from something called The Daily Gaggle:</p>
<p>“As alcohol related violations rise on campus, the SMU student body has developed a program to prevent alcohol abuse and encourage students to act responsibly in order to promote a safe environment for social activities to take place. … By the middle September the SMU Police Department has reported 271 alcohol and substance violations and 12 hospitalizations due to alcohol intoxication. Last year, the SMU Police reported 350 alcohol and substance violations during the whole year and 13 hospitalizations due to alcohol intoxication.”</p>
<p>271 violations in the matter of 3-4 weeks sounds like a serious problem to me.</p>
<p>But it is a beautiful campus. I’ve been there a lot. I have friends who went there who weren’t Greek and were fine.</p>