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Over recent decades, I believe we have undergone a renaissance of thinking in fraternity and sorority life. Most of this thinking has been in reaction to the negative course Greek life was taking in the 70’s and 80’s. When I was an undergraduate in the late 90’s, some really thoughtful and innovative views on fraternity/sorority emerged. I was a product of these new paradigms, and to this day, I believe they hold the answer to our future. I believe strongly that there is a fundamental problem in Greek life that creates the dozens of problems we deal with daily. Hazing, alcohol abuse, vandalism, and other such problems all have the same root cause: a lack of respect for the power of the fraternity experience. People take care of things they respect, and too many of our undergraduates and alumni simply don’t respect these powerful entities called social fraternities. Because so many view fraternity as a throwaway extracurricular activity, that’s how they treat it. How do we help our members truly see and accept the power of the fraternity experience? I believe there are five power paradigms – or frameworks – that we need to inspire our members to accept.