Head over to a house on East University Avenue on a Saturday night.

You'll see a group of seniors who began drinking kegs at 4 p.m., have all of their friends over and are generally getting wild before they head over to Scorekeepers for the mixed-drink pitcher specials.

These guys are the last remaining semblance of what used to be Sigma Chi.

They were kicked off campus in October 2003 due to hazing allegations.

Now head over to one of the fraternities that are still on campus. There are no kegs, there is a limit to the amount of girls present and, in general, it's pretty tame.

So why do the old Sigma Chis get to do as they please, while frats still on campus look lame?

I'll tell you why. The new social policy.

To be blunt: it sucks.

The Sigma Chi hazing incident set about a series of events that eventually led to the removal of a couple fraternities, as well as a sorority. This doesn't even include the countless fraternities put on probation during that time. The Interfraternity Council and the Office of Greek Life went about creating many new anti-hazing regulations, along with a new social policy for Greeks to follow.

I have no qualms with the hazing stuff, because hazing is against the law in the state of Michigan. There were obviously some changes that needed to be made so that hazing incidents would become few and far between.

But I do think there was an overreaction by the University. It felt like the school decided that because of one incident, all fun had to decrease. They determined the way to do this was to create a social policy that is painful to even read.

Now that it has been in place for more than a year, I'd like to examine how inept this social policy truly is.

As a member of the Greek system, I can tell you it is the most hypocritical set of regulations my eyes have ever beheld. When reading, you wonder whether the very students who came up with it actually attend college.

When the IFC and Panhellenic Council first announced this new social policy, they trumpeted it as preventing much of the liability that a fraternity could face if someone drank too much at a party.

The biggest change in policy was the "bring your own booze" concept. Beginning with the Winter 2005 semester, fraternities could no longer provide alcohol for guests at parties. Instead, people coming to a party could bring just 12-packs of beer or a pint of liquor. Upon arrival, a courteous, sober (haha) fraternity member would check said booze and partygoers could get their booze as they pleased.

The powers that be within the Greek system figured this would curtail the amount of extremely drunk partygoers at the University. It was the answer to all of the problems in the Greek world.

So by limiting the liability of the fraternities, the leaders of the Greek system are instead asking the people they supposedly represent to go out and get their own alcohol.

OK. That makes sense. Oh wait, there's a problem. I'd venture to say 95 percent of people who attend frat parties are under the age of 21. So basically the majority of people at a party have to be in the Greek system, and because they are under 21 they need to use their fake IDs at a liquor store.

Thanks IFC. I'm really going to appreciate that MIP now that my fraternity is less liable. And now I'm alienated from people because I forgot to put them on my guest list and couldn't let them in.

Another issue I have with this social policy is some of the ridiculous little nuances in it. Did you know that when holding a registered party there must be non-salty food and non-alcoholic beverages for guests to consume?

Are you serious? If you are coming to a frat party to have some nice hors d'oeuvres and juice you are probably insane.

Further, the policy allows individuals on the Social Responsibility Committee the authority to simply walk into any fraternity without cause or concern. They aren't the cops; why should they be allowed in?

When the average person on campus is having a house party, the Ann Arbor Police Department is not allowed to simply enter the house and levy fines and probations. There has to be cause for them to do such things.

The people running this Greek system are slowly, but surely burying our once great community. I am from the state of Maryland and have seen the carnage that the administration at the University of Maryland inflicted upon their Greek system.

There are no parties allowed at fraternities there. In fact, the frats look like sorority houses. The nightlife for freshmen revolves around dorm parties.

Now envision Welcome Week here without fraternities. Yeah, it isn't pleasant. But that's where we're headed. I would not be surprised if in five years I return to the University and all fraternities are dry.

I ask everyone in and out of the Greek system to try and get rid of this awful policy.