Drug Bust UNC Chapel Hill

[srmom]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by srmom

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

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

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

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.

Originally Posted by banditone

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]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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]

Originally Posted by srmom

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]

Originally Posted by TSteven

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.

[Jimmy Choo]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

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.

Yeah, if a student is affliated with any group and gets arrested its going to be a headline. The DTH also had a headline about the swim team getting busted for having a party. I'm shocked at how anti-greek the DTH is with as many Greeks as they have on staff.

In respect to this article, since the writer is Greek she would have been screwed either way. Had she left out the affliations then she would have been blasted. Putting the affliations in however makes people think this is some large vendetta.

[Ghostwriter]

Some more info. Not too much depth but it appears that the papers want to play it for all they are worth.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/loc...ry/135960.html