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Originally Posted by psusue
As a side note, I would like to just implore those reading the Collegian's take on this matter to think well upon what they read in this paper and to take everything in with consideration as to its source. All media does have a natural bias, because it comes from biased humans. The staff writers of the Collegian are rarely to never a part of Greek life, and some (though not all) do not have the most balanced view of it. And that is all I have to say about that.
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This is re a chapter closure at psusue's school and the school paper's handling of it. It seems more and more - definitely much more than it used to be - that the student media usually takes the dimmest view of Greek life possible, up to and including a yearly article deriding Greeks (always published right before rush).
I know I'm speaking from the POV of someone 20 years out of college, but we just never had this happening. There were always Greeks on the newspaper staff, and if anything "anti-Greek" was published, it was usually a student who wrote a letter to the editor. It wasn't like the newspaper was rabidly pro-Greek either - I think there were enough different types on staff that all opinions were heard.
How is it/was it at your school? Does the staff REALLY feel that negative about Greek life, or is it just a tactic to stir up controversy and get people interested in the paper?
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