Two days, five articles with negative connotations to the greek system. We were called “anachronistic,” “racist,” “classist,” “cocky,” “ignorant,” “supposed elitists,” and “giant zits.” Yet the authors of these letters justify accusing greeks of thinking we’re better than others. Sounds a little hypocritical. What do I know? I’m just a small-minded, stuck-up sorority girl who apparently condones theft and vandalism because someone in the greek system participated in these activities. It seems ironic to me that letters were “flooding in” according to Greg Jerrett yet not a single one was printed. My favorite part, Greg, is that you were in a fraternity. Just how do you sleep at night, knowing you were part of such a superior, peer-pressuring system. Apparently you “joined a frat to be better than Johnny Dormroom,” since you feel that is everyone’s reason for pledging. The letters sounded self-righteous, bitter and judgmental. We all have a choice to join the greek system. You people chose not to. Why must you judge those who opted to join a house? I used to have a stereotype of the greek system, but I gave it a shot and found that stereotype dead wrong. Rather than looking back from afar criticizing and thriving on any wrong-doing of a greek member, perhaps we should look at the DPS log and generalize that since someone from the dorms and someone off-campus got in trouble for drugs this week, all people living in Knapp and Hawthorn Court are druggies. Absurd, right? It’s too bad those boys stole and vandalized, but you people need to get a life. This was not simply a crime, it was an excuse to criticize the greek system. It is not we who think we’re better – we’re not the ones judging and generalizing. I’m proud to be greek regardless of this incident; we are not all perfect. The worst line was from the editorial board that said the wrongful acts of two Theta Xi members undoes all the positive things that we’ve done. I suppose that means all the blood we have donated is contaminated, that the houses we’ve built for Habitat for Humanity have collapsed, the scholarships we’ve donated are revoked, the hours we’ve volunteered don’t exist and the money we’ve given to disabled children and the like has been taken back? You people have a lot to learn. Kristine Cox

Junior

Psychology and sociology

Member

Chi Omega