Correction: Monday, September 4, 1998

For Greeks who live in their chapter houses, nearly four out of five engage in binge drinking, the study found. Overall, though, two-thirds of fraternity or sorority members regularly drink that much, not the 80 percent the article reported. Also, the article mischaracterized Panhellenic Council President Janelle Brodsky's opinion on whether sororities or fraternities improperly facilitate binge drinking, which is defined as at least five drinks in a row for men or four in a row for women. Brodsky stressed that people with serious alcohol problems don't come from Penn sororities. But she did not dispute Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Director Scott Reikofski's earlier statement that the atmosphere in fraternities or sororities can "encourage and facilitate" drinking. Finally, the article may have given the misleading impression that report author George Dowdall was referring to Brodsky when he said that denials of the alcohol problem on college campuses constituted a "public health crisis." Dowdall was interviewed before Brodsky and had not been specifically asked about Brodsky or her comments; his remarks were intended to describe what he saw as the larger issue of campus leaders failing to recognize that binge drinking is a serious problem for many college students. The Daily Pennsylvanian regrets the confusion.