For once I agree with the Daily. Theta Xi Fraternity, as an organization, is not legally responsible for the vandalism caused by two of its members. That is the end of my agreement with the Daily editorial board. Theta Xi is in no way financially responsible for the vandalism caused by two of its members. The university has realized that the organization was in no way involved in the heinous acts of two of its members. Why can’t the Daily do the same? When the Daily first covered the story, I was proud that they did not make a greek issue out of the problem, even though greeks were involved. I was excited that the Daily realized that no amount of “social control over their members” could have stopped this act from occurring. We see this time and time again when one member of the greek system gets into trouble: then suddenly the entire system is to blame for his or her actions. Let’s pretend for a moment that a member of a residence hall association is caught beating the fountain at the Memorial Union with a hammer. Is the whole residence hall system to blame for his actions? Why did his resident assistant not stop him before it happened? Why was the Department of Residence not there to keep him away from the fountain? Why did his roommate not take away his hammer? The thought of the Department of Residence being held responsible for the personal actions of one of its residents is ludicrous. The other members of Theta Xi probably had no idea that this was about to occur. Why is it so hard to leave the organization out of the picture and focus on the individuals who committed the crime? Most greeks work hard to dispel the “Animal House” stereotype that we as a system carry like a knife sticking in our sides. In unfortunate cases like this, it is hard to justify our arguments, but we will keep trying. I would like to ask the Daily for support in this issue. The Daily is known for helping groups get their opinions heard, even if they are controversial or unpopular. Why should the greeks be any different than any other group? I, for one, will support Theta Xi in this fight to keep their name clean when they have done nothing wrong. I ask all other greeks to do the same. And maybe the Daily could organize some kind of marathon trampoline jumping contest to collect money to repair the broken art. Just a thought. Andrew Klein

Senior

Exercise science

President

Tau Kappa Epsilon

Co-Chief of Investigative Affairs

Interfraternity Council