Drug Bust UNC Chapel Hill

Ghostwriter · #1 09-25-2009, 10:06 AM

Not good. This is such a great Sorority at UNC Chapel Hill.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/...rested-cocaine

MysticCat · #2 09-25-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Not good. This is such a great Sorority at UNC Chapel Hill.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/content/...rested-cocaine

Yikes!

srmom · #3 09-25-2009, 10:31 AM

Yeah, Yikes!

But, my question is, why is their greek affiliation part of the headline? Unless they were dealing out of the house, whether or not they're in a sorority really has no bearing on whether or not they are coke heads!

Methinks the Daily Tarheel editorial board has an issue with Greek life... (but what else is new with college newspapers)

DrPhil · #4 09-25-2009, 10:36 AM

This is less about being a "coke head" and more about possession perhaps with the intent to distribute.

Chi O is part of the story because one of the initial arrestees was a Chi O and one of the new arrestees lived at the Chi O house (which, I assume, prompted them to look at her facebook page...whatever). It is possible that the sorority house or sorority connections were used by some of the members for some low level drug operation.

It happens.

banditone · #5 09-25-2009, 11:01 AM

More drama on the way me thinks. The article writer, Dean Drescher, is a Tri-Delt at UNC.

SydneyK · #6 09-25-2009, 11:11 AM

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Chi O is part of the story because one of the initial arrestees was a Chi O and one of the new arrestees lived at the Chi O house

I think you're right. As much as I hate these kinds of headlines, sometimes they're somewhat deserving to be there.

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More drama on the way me thinks. The article writer, Dean Drescher, is a Tri-Delt at UNC.

Dean is female? I just assumed "Dean" was a male's name. (Then again, names can be misleading... among my friends are a female Frankie and a male Kelly. And don't get me started on all the male and female Camerons.)

Ghostwriter · #7 09-25-2009, 11:23 AM

I am not exactly sure but I believe that "Dean" may be the title as in "Dean of Students", etc. We may then refer upon them the title Dean so and so.

srmom · #8 09-25-2009, 10:55 AM

But, if you read the comments, some good points are brought up - the guy that was arrested with them was an independent, and the headline didn't say .... an independent. Other people were arrested along with these girls, including an alum today. Some others:

It just seems unnecessary to me. Is the fact that someone is a member of a sorority pivotal to this story in any way? Would you headline with "CHESS TEAM MEMBER SO AND SO"..

When is the last time the DTH wrote an article that said:

John and Jane Doe Get Arrested
Both are (insert race, ethnicity here)

Also, in reading the article, the only affiliation to the Chi Omega house is that one of the people arrested happens to live there, and the other one has her Chi O membership on facebook. What does that have to do with getting arrested for coke?

They were arrested at an off campus apartment, rented by an independent guy (there's more information in today's article about the alum, and it seems like they got the message about leaving the greek stuff out, because there's not a peep about greek affiliation)

DrPhil · #9 09-25-2009, 11:05 AM

It is called connecting the dots.

If the common denominators across a couple of the arrestees is Chi O, then that's just a fact. Investigators may want to know how these suspects became part of the same "criminal network" and where their low level "operation" often took place. (Using weighty terms in quotations because this is a Daily Tarheel article from a student and not a police press release.)

If the common denominators across the nonGreeks included a particular neighborhood or a nonGLO organization, then that may be mentioned for the same reasons.

I think that Greeks take Greekdom way too seriously sometimes. In doing so, they assume that people are out to get them in a way that other organizations and businesses aren't put under the radar from time to time. Chi O will most likely not be hurt nationally or locally by the affiliation of these women, unless Greeks insist on protesting too much over the mere mention of a GLO. Gasp.

DrPhil · #10 09-25-2009, 11:07 AM

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John and Jane Doe Get Arrested
Both are (insert race, ethnicity here)

You clearly don't watch the news or read the newspaper.

SydneyK · #11 09-25-2009, 11:14 AM

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You clearly don't watch the news or read the newspaper.

To be fair, srmom didn't make that comment. That was one of the comments that followed the article in the link.

DrPhil · #12 09-25-2009, 02:49 PM

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To be fair, srmom didn't make that comment. That was one of the comments that followed the article in the link.

Thanks. I had to re-read her post to catch that.

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1 or 2 of the kids busted was a GDI. I don't think I saw mention of that in the article

Eh...then how'd you figure it out?

banditone · #13 09-25-2009, 04:13 PM

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Thanks. I had to re-read her post to catch that.

Eh...then how'd you figure it out?

I know people that know people.

TSteven · #14 09-25-2009, 01:11 PM

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Would you headline with "CHESS TEAM MEMBER SO AND SO"..

If the Chess Team was involved with dealing coke etc., that surly would be major headlines.

KSigkid · #15 09-25-2009, 02:58 PM

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If the Chess Team was involved with dealing coke etc., that surly would be major headlines.

Absolutely - I would run with that as a headline if I was the editor.

Anyway - a story run in the school newspaper will usually mention the affiliation of the students if its known. That's the case whether they're an athlete (i.e. - "Member of Basketball Team Arrested), on student government ("Student Senator Arrested"), or any number of other groups or organizations.