With the tragic news of Andrew Coffey, the world has shifted its attention to Greek life at Florida State University. Articles have come out either condemning John Thrasher, FSU President or praising him for finally doing "what needed to be done".

For those of you who don't know, Andrew Coffey was a twenty-year-old Pi Kappa Phi pledge at the university who was found unresponsive and then was later declared dead after a party that he attended the night before.

Twenty years old.

Now, being a college junior who is also twenty, this really hits hard for me. This is a kid my age who had his whole life ahead of him but because he decided to join an organization, he lost any and all opportunity to do so. I can't even fathom losing one of my sorority sisters right now and my heart aches for the brothers of Pi Kappa Phi, his friends, and his family.

What really hits home about the latest news headlines and commentary is that this is only one death is the string of dozens. Now, I don't want all you fellow Greeks to stop reading because of the inevitable "Greek-shaming" that usually stems from articles such as this.

I also don't want all non-Greeks to stop reading out of fear this will be another sheltered kid writing an article to defend their beloved Greek life. I want both Greeks and non-Greeks to really grasp what is happening here and really fully understand that this situation affects all of us -- it affects college kids across the nation like a plague.

Since 2010 alone there have been 20 deaths that have been declared deaths due to hazing in the United States.

What's even more sad about this statistic is that there are probably handfuls more -- but since there is no accurate way to track hazing or its effects, many chapters get away with it.

That is more than one human-being dying a year due to some sort of hazing incident, not even including deaths by alcohol poisoning at parties, drug overdoses at parties, etc.

Is this problem just contained to Greek life? No. There are numerous deaths at college campuses that have occurred in students due to alcohol poisoning that have had no affiliation with Greek life. The problem in itself stems from the fact that college kids now are all for instant gratification. We don't want to sip on drinks, we want to chug them. We don't want to realize we've hit our limits, so we invent terms like "puke-and-rally".

We don't want to risk getting a MIP (minor in possession), so instead of calling an ambulance for a friend who has definitely had too many, we put them to bed and hope for the best. Now, I'm not saying that college kids are inevitably selfish. We weren't exactly taught all of our rights and how exactly to handle situations like this that arise when we're at parties.

Most of us, coming into college, were very unaware of the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption. I knew that drinking a lot wouldn't make you feel too great, but I had no idea that you could actually die from it.

Now, when it comes to FSU President, John Thrasher's, decision to suspend Greek life on campus indefinitely -- I have to say that I was in awe. He states to CNN:

"For this suspension to end, there will need to be a new normal for Greek Life at the university, there must be a new culture, and our students must be full participants in creating it. I want to send a message that we've got a serious problem and we need to deal with it, and they're part of the solution, and the sooner they can come to the table and we can all talk and find those solutions, the sooner this will be lifted."

Greek life has slowly begun to fill the negative shoes set forth by the media. There have been countless movies portraying stereotypical Greek life as full of drugs, partying, drinking, sex, and social hierarchies. For years, people have worked hard to shake the stigma surrounding Greek life -- myself included.

However, now it would be disrespectful to those who have lost their lives to simply brush this issue under the rug. What Thrasher has done is given the Greeks at Florida State University no possible way to ignore what is happening on their own campus. If they want to continue to partake in all the positives of going Greek, they must first acknowledge the downfalls and incidents that have occurred, as well.

As a student at Texas A&M University, we lost a young Aggie from the Sigma Nu fraternity back in August of 2016. Anton Gridnev was only 19 years old when he died of a drug overdose in the Sigma Nu house. I remember when it first happened, all the buzz on campus surrounding Greek life and how tragic it all really was.

I can say now that in just a year, the chatter has almost completely stopped. There is little, if any, talk of his passing and the steps that need to be taken to prevent another death from occurring. The rest of the Greek community was not informed of what to do in a situation like the one that occurred last year and neither was the rest of the campus. The problem with this is that after a period of prayers and condolences, life went back to normal.

It is situations like these where I am happy about Thrasher's decision to suspend Greek life on FSU's campus -- at least they are being forced to learn and grow and better themselves in order to more positively wear their letters.

So good for you Florida State University. Way to make people stop and think about the consequences of their actions or inactions. Most importantly, way to stand up in defense of a fallen member of this community.

Thank you for not letting his death get swept under the rug.