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This is not just a standards board as IFC has implemented from time to time over the years but would have all the disciplinary authority the IFC judicial boards of the past have had. This is the most critical aspect of all of in self-governance. How can you claim to be a self-governing community when the most critical issues, i.e. whether a chapter lives or dies is determined by an outside party without any of your input? I firmly believe that many of the problems that IU’s Greek system has experienced are a direct result of the structure of the disciplinary system. When compared to similar fraternity systems at other schools, IU’s chapters tend to receive punishments that far are more severe in both intensity and duration for similar infractions. Why does having student input on the disciplinary system matter? Based on my research, it has a major impact on the stability, conduct and success of a fraternity system. I looked at the 50 largest and most comparable large Greek systems in the country (Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, Ohio State, UVA, UNC, Cornell, USC Cali, Indiana, LSU, Wisconsin, University of South Carolina, Kansas, Purdue, K State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, UC Boulder, Iowa State, Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, U Penn, Arkansas, Iowa, Maryland, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, Minnesota, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, NC State, Clemson, UCLA,SMU Michigan State, Mississippi State, and Rutgers). On average, these chapters have 2000 men in IFC fraternities and had 25 chapters. I tried to understand what distinguished successful and stable fraternity systems from the others. Of the 50, 36 have significant student input in the fraternity disciplinary system. Of what are arguably the strongest, most successful and most stable large fraternity systems in the country (USC, Texas, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, UVA, Cornell) all of them have IFC run judicial boards (or at least recently did as of the documents I can find online). Unsurprisingly, the schools where IFC runs the judicial process have fewer disciplinary issues and far more reasonable corrective actions when violations occur. Cultures of mutual accountability absolutely can work when they are given the chance.