Yes, there was little direct coverage of Greek Week. If it had been overtly prominent, the Daily would have been once again accused of pandering to the greek system.

I participated, as did many other people, in Greek Week events, none more important than the charity or philanthropy drives. Being involved is nice, but it is also nice for those occasional compliments of encouragement or “good job” that make it all that more special.

It shows that people value what you have done and whom you have helped.

Publicity, I guess, is going to be negative for the greek system whether it’s good or bad. I participated not for publicity, but for things such as duty, honor, pride or just plain humanity.

To insinuate that the greek system did them simply out of arrogance or narcissistic behavior shows a degree of unawareness. If words like duty, honor, pride and humanity become just that, words, then the ideals that propel us to do work for other people will fade further away than they already have.

As far as the week being dry, many eyes in the community must still consider the greek system a bastion of drunkards and moonshiners in an otherwise prohibitionist student body.

Take a suggestion from one of the twelve-step programs that were mentioned, “Take what you need and leave the rest.”

It works for many people.

Joel Larson

Senior

History