Unfortunately, Senior House isn't alone in this. It actually started much earlier, with a systematic dismantling of fraternities which were somehow deemed probl

Unfortunately, Senior House isn't alone in this. It actually started much earlier, with a systematic dismantling of fraternities which were somehow deemed problematic, many of which had been around for hundreds of years. The inflection point was generally attributed to the changing of the administration - which used to be more governed by professors and the like who might empathize with students, but eventually grew to be much more bureaucratic; at some point, certain individuals at the top decided to target the living groups they disagreed with. Senior house, being a place where outsiders gathered, and having a reputation of extremes, drugs, is just the latest casualty in the cleansing war against the more tolerated traditions of yore.