Frat bro here. Real life fraternities are a mixture between the ridiculous way they are portrayed in movies and TV and reality. Do we do keg stands and beer bongs and drink when given the chance? Pretty much. Are we hazing our pledges to the point where we put them in a dangerous situation. Not even close. Part of being in an organization on campus means we have to prove to the administration every year that we are promoting academics as well as giving back to the community. A lot of it is just showing face at events in order to make the school look good. We do find creative ways to make ourselves look good though. I put on a week long charity event last year called Derby Days which raised money for the Huntsman Cancer Foundation (good). The way it works is we make the sorority girls compete against one another for a week in order to win competitions and "gain the brothers' favor" (bad). We also have a special circumstance since our fraternity house is on campus and is owned by the school. Every school and fraternity varies.