Moxie strikes back!

[Moxie]

I was reading my school's student newspaper and came across this ridiculous Letter to the Editor:

Where are all the Greeks?

Kappa Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma and, who could forget, Delta Delta Delta? Chances are you've seen some of these Greek letters ironed onto T-shirts around campus. But have you seen enough of them? The answer is no.

When I think of all the wonderful things sorority girls do for the community, such as unsuccessfully parking an SUV, and the equally great things frat boys accomplish, such as enlightening us with their hilarious jokes and comments in class, I must wonder just why there are so few Watermelon Bust shirts walking around campus.

Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe the fact that the vast majority of girls in Dr. Jay's Biology 1202 class are talking about their new pastel dresses means that we do have enough Greeks after all. Maybe the people wearing DKNY at the Rec or the fact that Jason Doré used to be in student government means the LSU Greek system doesn't need to be growing anymore.

No, I think I was right the first time. We do need more Greeks at LSU. We need more Greeks at football games for one thing. There are not enough of them there!

We need more frat boys to make fun of people who don't wear Abercrombie and Fitch and more sorority girls in the education and mass communications colleges.

We need more KAs so the Progressive Student Alliance will have someone to keep calling white supremacists. We need more Kappa Sigs to tell us they are really different from all the other fraternities. And, of course, more hot Tri-Deltas so that I can keep telling people that I used to be friends with its president.

Look around today in class and around campus. You'll be surprised at the lack of T-shirts with Greek letters.

Gustavo Douaihi
Senior
Geology

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I felt dumber after having read such a stupid letter, especially since it has NO point whatsoever. The following is what I intend to send as a response:

I have a question in response to Mr. Douaihi's letter about Greeks. Did it have a point? Perhaps it made more sense in your head than it ended up making in print, but it left me questioning exactly why you felt the need to waste my time and yours.

I'm not Greek, but your letter still bothers me. Time and time again, people will write things that condemn Greeks and then later a response will show up listing all of the good things Greeks do for the community. I'm not going to say what's been said before, but simply ask you this: Have you met every Greek student on campus? Probably not. Have you ever met a bad parker or class clown that wasn't Greek? Probably so. There are going to be people you don't like in every type of group there is, but you can't logically determine that they are representative of their entire organization.

There are students on campus who claim to be so open-minded, but suddenly their minds close when it comes to talking about Greek students. I will be honest and say I've made my fair share of quips about sorority and fraternity members in the past, but once I realized how closed-minded I was being, I shut myself up and took the opportunity to learn more about Greek organizations and meet members. I suggest you do the same and I doubt you will find that most of your accusations are true all around.
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So, Moxie strikes back! What do y'all think?