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Originally posted by ucsc girlie
screw all the national, local, or whatever people. this is how the story goes...........2 guys fucked up. end of story. DOC dealt with harrassment charges and had to send public apologies to the school. they did that. that should no longer be held against them. they have also made public that the fraternity as a whole was not in this prank. it was two guys. if casey and matt are on any other clubs (which i know they are), then those other clubs should be held accountable just as DOC is. the only reason DOC is being held accountable is because of the initial cartoon and the lack of support. I think people need to stop making these guys out to be some big bad bully people and understand that they are just having fun. isnt that what this whole greek thing is supposed to be about~~~having fun while making new friends?!?! let it go and just get on with the greek life at your school. since DOC wasnt national or part of any other greek chapter, it wont change any one else's sorority or fraternity so let DOC and its brothers deal with their own dilema. Thanks!
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Being Greek IS about having fun . . . but not at somebody else's expense. You don't just cook and eat somebody's pet, or a school's mascot, and claim it's all in good fun and you're not hurting anybody. Not only is that illegal but it's tacky as hell. Furthermore, if these boys were already on some sort of probation (for the "sexual harassment" stuff) then they should have known better than to pull something like this. If you've already gotten in trouble with the school, everybody else is going to be watching you extra-carefully to make sure you don't get into more trouble. Unfortunate as it may be, we as Greeks are held to higher standards than the rest of the school population, and if a couple members of our group do something stupid, the whole group is punished. That may not be fair, but it's what always happens and we have to put up with it anyway. Furthermore, just because the group is a local fraternity doesn't mean it doesn't affect anybody else. We've already had UCSC Greeks come on here and say they've been feeling the anti-Greek backlash because of this incident. And as for the rest of us on other campuses, it's just one more incident that adds to the anti-Greek sentiment. Negative Greek press affects all of us.