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I think that some people are missing the concept of why this is so offensive. It isn't like, oh, they stole a fish, then they ate it, woop de do. They knew how important that fish was to people- I mean Santa Cruz is known for some wierd stuff, and this is one of those things. My guess is that they wanted to do something to essentially spit in the face of Santa Cruz counterculture- a, you hate us, well guess what, we hate you too, sortof thing. This is all just in theory. But my point is, everyone is so distraught largely because of the intent behind the action, not just because a pet fish was killed. And if anyone doubts that, you should go check out the memorial service they've had at the pond...people have left messages, memories they have of the fish, thoughts on the matter. There's been a whole poster thing to write on, and I'm pretty sure all the little kids who came up to visit the koi all the time did some sort of tribute also. It's all just stupid. And it makes me so mad because our school newspaper, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the San Francisco Chronicle- all of these publications are lumping all greeks in with DOC. They talk about Santa Cruz never used to be like this, until all the fraternities and sororities showed up. And the presence of my sorority- and the majority of other Greek organizations on campus- has done nothing to ruin UCSC, but we're treated as though we have. To top all of this off, the fish was stolen from a pond at Porter College. UCSC is divided into ten colleges, each with residence halls or apartments and classrooms. You can have any major and live at any college, but certain stereotypes hold true. College Eight is for the preppies, Oakes is the ghetto, Stevenson is jocks, etc. It's like high school. Anyway, my point is that Porter College is alot of art students- and they also happen to be probably the most anti-Greek college, and they most vocal group of people against us. So for this to happen in their college is just an even huger backlash. I'm just ranting and raving now, thanks for listening everyone.
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