I find this article to be incorrect, under researched, and out of touch. First of all, the picture used for this article is of a school that isn’t mentioned in this article. UNC is not NC State. Right off the bat, that tells me that this article is under researched. Secondly, institutions DO make a big deal when athletic teams and the like are caught hazing, breaking the law, not attending class, etc. You hear about it in the news, because there’s usually some sort of lawsuit attached; so you cannot use that in order to say that Greek institutions are discriminated against on campus. I agree that they are; however, your claim about other organizations’ lack of punishment is completely incorrect. Additionally, though I agree the drinking age should be lowered to 18, that’s not something that, as you say, the greek system can do to fix its reputation. That is just not within our realm of power. This article seems more like an uneducated and biased venting session than a constructive critique that could actually help our community.
I find this article to be incorrect, under researched, and out of touch. First of all, the picture used for this article is of a school that isn’t mentioned in this article. UNC is not NC State. Right off the bat, that tells me that this article is under researched. Secondly, institutions DO make a big deal when athletic teams and the like are caught hazing, breaking the law, not attending class, etc. You hear about it in the news, because there’s usually some sort of lawsuit attached; so you cannot use that in order to say that Greek institutions are discriminated against on campus. I agree that they are; however, your claim about other organizations’ lack of punishment is completely incorrect. Additionally, though I agree the drinking age should be lowered to 18, that’s not something that, as you say, the greek system can do to fix its reputation. That is just not within our realm of power. This article seems more like an uneducated and biased venting session than a constructive critique that could actually help our community.