Greeks are always trying to fight the “Animal House” image many people have of them. They insist on being called fraternities instead of frats and have changed “rush” to “recruitment week” to get away from the negative associations of hazing. But in order to fight stereotypes, they have to stop inviting them. On Tuesday, two stolen lion statues were recovered from Theta Xi fraternity house by the Department of Public Safety, one of the statues had been missing since 1998. Two members of Theta Xi were previously arrested this week for vandalism of the Christian Petersen “Ring of Life” sculpture. Stereotypes sometimes persist because people see evidence for them, whether on television, in music or in life. A few members, such as the two accused “Ring of Life” vandals, can make a whole greek house look bad. Fraternities want to be brotherly and familial— until it comes to sharing responsibility for members’ wrongdoing. Greek houses are not the same as dorm floors. Unlike dormitories, which are fandomly assigned, individuals are chosen by a fraternity house because they share qualities with other members. And if member’s brothers see him doing something wrong, they should step in and tell him. If greeks don’t rein their members in, the police sometimes have to, putting the house in the public eye. And when people hear of a fraternity in trouble for vandalism and theft, they go on associating greeks with having toga parties and impersonating giant zits. Greeks do a lot of philanthropy — fund-raisers for disabled kids, blood drives— but when they steal statues and get up to other mayhem, they’re undoing all the positive things they’ve done for the greek system and the campus. Theta Xi, take this opportunity to apologize for the harm you]ve caused these people — and yourselves. Editorial Board: Carrie Tett, Greg Jerrett, Katie Goldsmith, Amie Van Overmeer, Andrea Hauser and Jocelyn Marcus