The sweeping recruiting changes trickling down from fraternity and sorority national chapters is impressive, but the future will speak for itself.

A fraternity and three sororities with NIU chapters have brought the reforms to this campus. They will have a continuing rush—stretched as long as a semester—to eliminate hazing, racism, sexual assault and alcohol abuse.

Assuredly, these are worthy causes and noble actions, albeit disgusting that groups need to be told not to do things that go against common sense.

But the challenge for Greek Row will be to actually carry out the mandate. Let’s face it, it’s just as easy to haze someone during rush, continued rush, or whatever adjective you want to use.

Enforcing the new mandates will be as difficult as enforcing the old, so nothing is gained in that respect.

But the move is on. Not every member of a greek organization breaks the rules. But on the other hand, nobody can honestly say hazing doesn’t exist on this campus.

Because if hazing was eliminated from this campus—and across the nation—like each group was supposed to be striving for, then this new mandate wouldn’t be necessary.

So the policing of this policy falls again back in the laps of the students who want to be members. It is nearly impossible to expect this will happen.