Holding the current position of chairman of social events and vice president of risk management, as well as vice president of public relations in a campus fraternity, I encounter the stereotypes of greek life regularly when trying to plan social events, as well as showcasing philanthropies.

The article I read in Monday’s Daily (“Week brings activities to students in dorms”) was very contradictory to me and I’m sure to other members of the excellent greek community here at Iowa State for one big reason: “Animal House.”

This movie not only showcases a horrible greek system, designed by Hollywood, but also has managed to give fraternities and sororities alike the reputation that we’ve been striving for years now to overcome and disprove.

Our efforts are dramatically increasing when compared to those of our predecessors, but honestly, how do you think showing “Animal House” to potential greek rushees is going to affect them?

This movie not only undermines the efforts of the greek system, but horribly depicts greek life and morals as a whole.

How can you show a movie like this, then say that this week will “garner to a larger group of student from off-campus and the greek system”? I should hope that no greek at Iowa State will attend a public showing of this movie to people that do, in fact, have the possibility of becoming greeks themselves.

There have been a ridiculous amount of movies made by Hollywood that depict college life without slanderously degrading any one aspect of it, as this movie does. Why not choose one of those?

Brandon C. Hurlburt

Sophomore

Computer science