10 University’s in Kansas have gone dry and moved away from the traditional drunken antics made popular through movies like Animal House.

Kansas State Collegian:

According to a Jan. 9, 2005, New York Times article, “Ban of Brothers,” at least 30 colleges nationwide have banned alcohol in fraternity houses.

These national changes are being brought about by a continuum of issues. Alcohol-related deaths and injuries have plagued fraternities in recent years - a disaster K-State’s fraternities have avoided. Other factors include rising insurance costs, social responsibility and an increasing outreach to the non-drinking college crowd.

But  not everybody is adopting the dry policy.

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Despite the potential benefits of being a dry house, not everyone is lining up to adopt dry policies, and much of the counter-argument stems from the rights of older members to drink if they so choose.

Although many think a nation of dry fraternities is only a few years away, Pete Smithhisler, vice president for media and community relations for the North-American Interfraternity Conference, said the future is not certain.

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