This was a letter to the editor posted in today's paper about the article :
Alligator cowered to Greek community
Editor: The Alligator has finally left me scratching my head. No easy task either. When I saw the Alligator running a pro-Greek editorial I was aghast.
How can an "independent" organization such as this kowtow to this irresponsible minority?
Here's how the average UF student sees this situation. Out of the nearly 40,000 people on campus, a mere 5,000 are Greek. What they do is dominate the Student Government, garner all of the publicity not given to the athletics department and make a mockery of higher learning.
Rapes, assaults, exclusion and elitism are what the Greek system represents. Getting new recruits drunk? That's fine by me. What isn't is the stupidity involved with making them violently ill so they have to go to the emergency room and get bad publicity thrust upon them.
Sure, some might do good things for the community, but when it is all said and done, these kids will have no knowledge. They will return to their hometowns where their parents will have them set up in cushy jobs with no accountability.
Lack of brainpower and abuse of privilege. Sound familiar? It should to the Alligator.
Last edited by dzrose93; 11-15-2002 at 05:05 PM.
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