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Women's Your own haunted • soccer wins burr· cane g ide i r · tims Hallo u. Fire in Men's soccer goes Honors 1-1 in big games Community • Ortiz ~
You win some. You lose some. For Wright State Men's soccer, they won Fire and smoke in a dorm room in most and lost an important one. the Honors Community forced the With a three game winning streak on evacuation of all student residents on their hands, the Raiders had a tough Sunday night. test ahead of them as they took on the Minor damage to a light fixture Mu keteers of Xavier University. With above a vanity was caused by a bag the lights shining bright on Alumni of snacks falling onto the light said Field, they pas ed the test. Michael Allbright, director of the The Raider offense made their pres Honors Community. The area of the ence known early. Senior Paul-Anthony incident wa on the fourth floor in Perez ent a long pas to teammate sen the west wing of the building. j r Dana Yi rk who knocked the ball to Students were t Id t evacuate the pp ite post to put the Raiders up when the fire alarm went off in the 1-0. residential hall at approximately 7:30 The stellar offense would continue p.m. They waited for about an hour into the second half as junior Tony while Fairborn firefighters checked Labudovski slipped a shot past the the building for damage. No one was hands of Xavier goalie Liam Curran for injured. the second score of the game. "There wasn't a lot of damage. 'Ibe scoring wouldn't stop there. Some lights will need to be With less than two minutes remaining replaced," said Allbright. "People in the game, senior Jason Tackis raced were allowed back in their rooms the passed the storming Musketeer defense same day. (The room where it hap and blasted the ball towards the goal. pened) is just airing out now." Curran deflected the ball toward his Student Gwyn Ralston who lives defensemen but the impressive fresh in Honors Community said she was man Josh Grossman was there to pick n't sure what was going on when the up the loose ball. He tapped the ball to fire trucks came to the building. Ral the opposite post for his second score ston said she was "kind of scared of the year to make it 3-0. and nervous, but I didn't think it was "We played well," head coach Mike Josh Grossman moves the ball down thefield to p 09/20/2005-A staff member who dence was found, the students attend took a day off to have their dog put to ing CS were banned from campus sleep handed in a note to another staff pending review. member. I lowe er, a he turned in the not , a baggie of what wa. later found 9/22/2005- A student Ii ing on cam to be Marijuana foll ut of his pocket pus report d assault by h .re.·- Lat r p lice asked if the baggi b yfri nd.There w s a physical con belonged to th staff mcmb r and h1; front. lion between the e · and a male said no. ·1he staff member was v ry friend o th former girlfriend. Th ex co perativc and no arrests were mad was sent a letter banmng him from campus. 9/21/2005- A student filed a report with the WSU police after rece1vmg 9/24/2005- Police stopped what several obscene phone calls. Police appeared to be minors with alcohol told the student to file a formal report One young man did not have ID and with the Dayton Police and that her when questioned, provided a fake case at WSU would be forwarded on name and social security number. to Jud1c1al Affairs Once run through the LEADS pro gram it was identified as a fake. The Students from WSU had a report young man then gave his real name filed with the Judicial Affairs when and social security number and was Jon Roach goes after tire volleyball during an intermural. game. they were suspected of smoking Mari found to have an outstandmg warrant juana with students who attended Cen in Shelby County. He was arrested and tral State University. While no evi- taken to Vandalia. Index Retraction 9/28: On page 20, the story under Page 2 the headline, "Volleyball team sur- Issue No 5 Vol 42 I Wednesday, October 5, 2005 I A CMAAll-American Newspaper News passes last year's win total" should Opimons Page 8 Graphic Designer Kyle Akers have been about volleyball. Editor-in-Chief Jessica Lander Instead, a tennis story was printed Web Editor Sheryl VVheeler Managing Editor Karilynn Features Page 11 which was also featured on page 22 . Quillen Advertising Reps Lesley Burke, We apoligize for the error. Please Page 16 News Editor Sarah Turnwald Justine Ames, Dave Zeller Sports see this week's new volleyball story in Assistant News Editor Circulation Manager Page 19 Sports. Laura Burke Laura Lander Classifieds Features Editor Katie Strayer Staff Writers Jared Fev.Aass, Opinions Editor Jimmy \/Valters Amy Wray, Maria Ortiz, Kerry Sports Editor Ryan Hehr Lipp, Nicole DeVendra, Srujana Copy Editor Joe Sack Chief Photographer Marella, Frank Wolz, Lindsey Fultz Joanna Morris Advertising Manager Staff Photographers Jamie Baker Kelsey Bender, Matt Vanover Ad Graphics Manager Facuity Mentor Dr. Jeff John Scott Frank Letters to the Editor The Guardian 1s printed v.eekly during the regular The Guardian encourages letters to the eclitor and school year. It is published by students of Wright State commentary pieces from students. faculty, adnun1stra University in Dayton, Ohio. Editorials v.4thout bylines tors and staff reflect the majority opinion of the editorial board. 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All rights reserved. •Quotes that cannot be confirmed wlll not be used. First issue free. Additional copies may be requested for $.50 each. E-mail: [email protected] Guardian Phone Numbers Expl11 Editor in Chief: nS-55341 Opinions & Sports: nS-55381 News Desk: nS-5536 I Advertising: nS-55371 Fax: ns-5535 Weekend Specials Also Available! L------w w w. the guardian on Ii n e. com ~ NeWS Wednesday, october 5, 2005 The Guardian 1 3 University adoPts Katrina victims_ Daniele Wison [email protected] even tudent forced to find other j}=l}(!JJ I~J~Jf (C~1NJ (€ ~"[ru 1NJ ~ ~ (€ JLU (€ f f QJ11NJ 10) § ~;;~:~:~;~~~:;~~fl:~~1~;;e Numerous orga~izations are still accepting :~r~~~~~~ ~~~- o~i:~:; ~~:~"~:;~e~i- donations for the reliel eHorts, including: dents a. kcd their students to find other ... institutes . ------ • omc of tho ·c tudc.:nts affockd by thi.! hunicam: c ntackd Wright State m an effort to continu • l..!ducatmn until things arc si..:t in orda m New Orleans. According to 'ath ' Davis Din.:ctor WSU Wright-Patt Credit Union United Way Hurricane Katrina of Undergraduate..: Admis:ions, the tud nt Union Re ponse Fund seven student , will be at W . U for the next fow month ·. Monday-Friday unitedway.org Davis aid the) are a mix of males 8:3oa.m. to 4:3op.m. 800-892-2757 and female , and a combination of :frt!shmen, sophomores, juniors and sen- 937-775-5797 10rs. The Salvation Army Some of the students art! from Day ton or tht! urrounding area . he said, Wright-Patt Credit Union salvationarmyuse.org . and some have rdocakd to live with P.O. Box 286 800-SAL-ARMY (800-725-2769) .family in the area. On Aug. 31 , the Undergraduate Admissions became the Fairborn, Ohio 45324 first point of contact for the tudents. The office started receiving calls from students inquiring about temporar The American Red Cross ily continuing their education at WSU, redcross.org according to Davis. Dan Abrahamowicz. Vice President 800-HELP-NOW (800-435-7669) of tudent Affairs and Enrollment Ser vices aid some tudents had inquired about attending WSU for fall quarter, Habitat for J:Iumanity but later changed their mind . He stressed that the university is '·happy to habitat.org do what it can to help tho e affocted by 800-422-4828 the hurricane.'' The students that arc hc..:rc rcprt! ·cnt ulane Univl.!rsity, thl.! Uniwr. ity of Louisiana. the l Jniversit of New Orlcan and Xavier Univt:rsit)' of L uisiana. Davis ·aid that with limited means of communication, university pre. i quarter on Jan. 17, 2006, and the dcnts have kept tudents abrl.!ast f scho I will offer a Lagniappt: ·cmester improwment · on campus via the in May after a week-long break from "It wa a cho ls' web site . spring quarter. nice collabora Davi · expre cd how pr ud he was tive effort by From the Houston campu , Tulane to almost six feet across of the campus and WSU staff for taking several offices on campus to make sun.! president Scott Cowen updates stu campus. special care ofthe relocating students. [students] were taken care of. I was dents, faculty and staff by posting mt!s In the wake of the hurricane, Fran Some of the students came to cam impressed with our staff," said Davis. sages to www.tulane.edu on a daily, cis said, "none of us has been pus the first day of classes and the Xavier University of Louisiana pres sometimes weekly basis. untouched." As the messages read, students will admissions and financial aid offices and ident Norman C. Francis said on the be able to return to school for spring University College were prepared to school's web site that floodwaters rose SOPP p-rovides mental relief for hurricane viCtims important for them to tell their story of day and night, leaving them anxious to Most involved felt very touched and what they had to endure," said Kathryn sleep and jumpy with even the slightest fortunate to be able to help. "I felt an Beyl-Rollin. "Some of the swvivors amazing sense of sadness for these peo WSU Faculty and graduates of the needed to be reminded that they had "Some of the survivors ple. Most of the people I met were School of Professional Psychology done the best job they could helping needed to be reminded that going to stay in the Dayton area and (SOPP) have volunteered with the Red their family through the hurricane and start their lives completely over," said Cross in assisting Hurricane Katrina that none of this was their fault," she they had done the best job Beyl-Rollin. · victims suffering mentally. added. "Although I felt sad for the survivors Before helping victims, graduate stu "I felt the need to become involved they could helping their of Hurricane Katrina, I also felt a sense dents had to undergo training such as after the controversy over the lack of of satisfaction knowing that I helped fiam1~ ·1 ... " interviewing, human development, psy assistance these people were receiving," Kathryn Beyl-Rollin someone in their time of need," said chopathology as well as some field said student Rebekah Ridgeway. graduate student Beyl-Rollin. "It felt rewarding to be based experience said Dr. La Pearl "The most common reactions I able to brighten up someone's day and Logan Winfrey, professor and associate noticed during my contact with the vic noises," said Ridgeway. "Many of the to put a smile on their face if only for a dean for SOPP. tims were difficulty sleeping and hyper children bad increased nightmares, bed second," she added. Many victims just wanted to talk. vigilance. Several victims recall hearing wetting and withdrawal, and not want "For most of the survivors it was gunshots and explosions throughout the ing to talk about the situation." 4 I The Guardian Wednesday, ct ber 5, 2005 WSU tuition competitive in Ohio Ncole DeVendra studcnts pa~ ing the bills. Wright tate Dayton pay 21.486 for a year of edu paid 49 .4 percent. Devench.2@wrigh . tud1.;nts have it ea ier than ·tudent at cation. regardle. s f thdr re 'idency hio college anc.l uni ·rsitic other hio in ·titution:. tatus. have rai. cd tuition annually. Average Compan.:d to tuition at other Ohio Lnglish major Jc:n.:my Moori.: ·aid A: a whok. the state of Ohio ranks tuition for a four-year puhlic univcr:ity uniwr.'itic. Wright State is am ng thc ')' )U can get a quality education fr)r a 1.:1) high in tuition costs compared to in Ohio was 7.478 in 2004-05 and most affordable. dl.!cl!nt amount of monc .·:· thc rest of the nation. Ac ording to the will incrca. c b ' bdwccn $450 and According to th\.! Offa:I.! of Admis J\t Ohio tak:. for cxamplc in-stak Wl.!bsitc http://www.p licymattcr ohio. $ 00 a ·car fo~ each of the next five sions th\! tuition at WSlJ is thl.! third tuition i: 8084. whik out t f state org/colkgc_bound _200 - .htm Ohio y~ars, to $9. 902 by the 20 9-10 :ch l lowi.;st of all :tak upporkd in. litu tuition i $19.305. Stmknts at Ohio ran s 49 in college affordabilit;. 'I he vcar. tions in ( hio. U111v1..:rsit} and the l Jnivl.!rsit.• of following is al ·o true: • According to the offici.; of financial 0111..: i.;ar of tuition for a Wright ' incinnati pay similar· mount to • <.. n a cragc it cost an Ohio famil: aid WSl ·cps c )lk:ge atfordabl · b ' Stal· und 'f) raduak >hio r ;id1.::nt i. thos1.: at ( >hio State:. 3 - pl!rccnt v. $10,830 Florida S ate University Tallahassee, Fla. $2,890 San Diego 936 $9,226 $2,955 of Technology $9 180 - Ph1ladelph1a, Pa. $9,102 3,109 ~ 9 008 ~ Rutger Univ rslty -- Newark, N.J. 8,209 ~ University of Nevada -- Las Vegas $3,210 ~· I Al WAY UN DRY ROAD ~ I · DAY TESA A 675 3PMT08PM $1.00 TOP LOAD WASHERS WITH VALID STUDENT ID W dnesday, October 5, 2005 The Guardian I 5 Conference WSU awards second ever Cameos for Caring • Award second Medical Center, Margie Theibert from on Oct. 14 Good Samaritan Hospital, and Jody in the nation, first Winters from Kettering Medical Center Network. worth credit in Ohio WSU and Lifo Connection of Ohio have a Jong history of partnership in Kenylipp regard to organ d nation awarcnl.! and 'lh; d ~ education topic of organ nation i ' natural commonplace on the WSU Wright .. tate , tud1;nt · have the Lifo Connection of Ohi . in partner campus " aid Arends. It wa natural to opp rtunit) t cam nc credit hour at ship with the WSU-Miami Valk Col come togdhcr with a common g al and a reduced co:t b_ attending a onc- lege of Nur ing and Health, ha.' ~ tab- add the Donate Lifo Award to the da _ onforencc on 0 t her 14. 'I he li. bed the mcos for aring D nate Cameos f Caring Award pr gram. "We Wright. tak Lake 'ampu , working Lifo Award which will be pr1,;:1.:ntc 'Perspectives' Diversity Con/erence Where: Ft. Recovery Elementary School 865 Sharpsburg Road M ore me n a n d w o m e n o n th e front l i n es a re s u rv iv i n g l i f e - t h re a t e n i n g i n j u r i es th a n ever be f o re f o r Fort Recovery, OH 45846 one reason: We have the most elite nurses in the world. As a U.S. Air Force nurse, you receive the When: most advanced training and have access to the best medical technology on the planet. And whether October 14 '· you're treating Airmen on foreign soil or their families on bases here in the U.S:, you can put all of that 8a.m.-3 :30p.m. tr-a i n i n g to u £ e. If yo u · re i n t e rested i n le a rn i n g m o re a b o u t a b e tt e r p Lace to p r act i c e med i c i n e, ca l l o r For more information: visit us online. 1-800-588-5260 • AIRFORCE.COM/HEALTHCARE call 4 l 9-5'86-0300 6 I The Guardian Wednesday, Oct ber 5, 2005 Don't be a victim of identity theft account tak\;ovcr occurs wht!n an iden r·-·-·-·-·-·-· - ·, tity thii.;f gain accc..:s. to a cn:dit card or hank account and us1.:: it to purchas i • ._, According to a nati nal . urv1.:y hy pro I 8 I The Guardian Wedn da , ctober 5, 2005 Editorial Safety important off-campus Jechnlcally, I Never Retired from being Supreme Court Justice ... Like a subliminal foreshadow ing in a su pense novel, last and I hear they're doing wonderful with week i ue of The Guardian Cryogenics these days ... pr dieted trouble only to ee it fulfilled before the paper wa even di ·ti;but d. Hel n 1. •let h r 26, di din a multi- ' hi le accid nt on ept. 27th. 1 h accid nt occurred wh n a car g in )' a t n N rth Fairfi Id Rd. hit a car going the am wa , cau ing several SHUT IT, oth r car to era h into one another. This is very near the trouble Old Man. spot mentioned in The Guardian ·s editorial last week. Much of the area in front of Wright State i dangerous with mucli congestion and many driv ers speeding. It 1s important for Wright State not only to be concerned about student safety on campus, but off-campus as well. It is not enough that Wright State built new sidewalks for safe crossing on campus. There are very fe afe crossing points across Colonel Glenn. With the speed limit being posted at 45 mph, many cars are going too fast for pedestrians to consider the area in front of the univ er ity safe for walking. Letters to the Editor With gas price o high and Response to LeAnn too heavy to carry. The trainer drive Now, I know that the univer ity the ob tty rate in America get from her off-campu apa1tment, and we added ome pot over the summer for ting higher every day, WS Meyers article 9/21 ju t live here. We u ually leave for tudents but in my mind and the minds should be encouraging students practice around 7:30pm and our late of others, it didn't eem to help. A va t to walk whenever possible. Jn practices go to around 9 pm. When we majority of students think it's much order for this idea to become a leave, it is a definite given that there worse than before considering a few of reality. WS U needs to make it will a parking ticket on all those vehi the lots have been made smaller. Also, safer for tudents to walk around I think lis Meye1 has finally cle when we come back. tudents till have to talk for a pace, on and off campus. brought the bat out of his cave. A I'm jut happy my parent haven't or resort to Lot 20 where you might a The intersection where Fletch many of us that ha e been complaining come up to visit yet. If my dad come well walk back and forth to campus er died is urrounded by Wright about this, finally someone with some over about 7-8 pm one night, for dinner because you 'II beat the huttles any State property. Students use this authority [the newspaper] has hit the lets say, and he sees that ridiculous $25 way. intersection to drive to campus nail on the head. How's this for anoth ticket ... oh my! That's all I can say. I Then the university puts in more and can also be found trying to er example of this ridiculous rule, law, hope this issue is taken care of before it grass and trees, instead of more parking cross it dangerously on foot. or whatever it is. has to come to my dad getting in there spaces. I guess they think that the aes Fairborn and Dayton business I am a member of the WSU Hockey and taking care of it himself thetic ambience of Wright State will es have a voice in the city coun Team. Our home arena is a half hour make everyone feel better as they are cil. In some ways Wright State is away and with gas prices the way they Where are all the new late for class because there is nowhere nothing more tlian a business; it are, we college kids need to carpool to to park. provides a service for money have ANY money. So, here it is; three student parking I would also like to point out provided by its customers, the of us on the team live together out here spaces? that the fact that Student Leaders do students. Therefore it should be · in College Park. Some of the rookies not get staff parking spaces is also easy for wsy offici~ls to spe~k live in Hamilton Hall leaving their cars lhlsey Fain:hld ridiculous. Student leaders get paid by at the next city meetmg and dis out in lot 20. Our trainer happens to be F~ the university and do many significant cuss ways to make the roadways my girlfriend, who is a commuter here. services for them. The least they and walkways safer. That is our living/parking arrangements I am writing in regards to the "new should get is preferred parking. This The staff at The Guardian for this story to begin. and improved" Wright State parking would open up ''white" spaces and give strongly urges the Wri~t State Like I said, we all carpool. Two situation. On any given day when driv good use to the unused "yellow" administrat10n to collaborate practices a week, usually two games a ing through Wright State campus you spaces. The bookstore employees get with Fairborn and Dayton offi weekend. We all alternate, those of us can look in the large Faculty/Staff staff parking, and they are technically cials and come up with a plan with vehicles, each day. We all meet in parking lots and see about 50 open employed by Barnes & Noble. that provides a safe, smooth College Park because a majority of us spots. In the small Faculty/Staff lots I hope someone down the chain commute for students and resi in the rideshare live here. So the rook you can see about 20 or so open spots. reads this letter and gives a little dents alike. If not, who knows, ies drive their cars from lot 20 out to [n all, I'm sure this would amount to a thought to getting more student input this editorial may not be the last here because their equipment is way couple hu~dred more student spots. before implementing a revolutionary new parking design. Wednesday, October 5, 2005 The Guardian I 9 Students must be able to understand instructors cedure differently. At my alma matt:r, where the hypocrisy comes in. It varies from state to state. Miami University, the peech Patholo seems to a sume that those with Mas I would al o like to add that gy Department administered an OPT; ters' degrees and higher will be com Engli hi becoming a global language, La t week Ryan Hehr wrote a piece here at Wright State, the Engh h prehen ibk in Engh h. As we all with different variations popping up all decrying the prevaknce of incompre Department administer it. know, this i a bad assumption. How- over the planet. Thest! variation am hen ible instructors at Wright tate. A an OPT administrator for Wright perfectly comprehensible in foreign Although Mr. Hehr doe n 't blame a State, I can tell you fr m experience "The goal ofperfect, unac countrie , but many are incomprehensi pecific audience for thi fault in higher that the benchmark et for a pa ing cented English is nearly ble to American ears. Yes, tudent educati n, he d e have a warranted core i comprehen ibility. In my may learn English in a foreign country, argument. Student mu t be able t Teaching ngli has a ec nd Lan u11achievable for most non but we must all remember that the e understand th ir instructors in order to guage education at Wright tate, I can teaching as i tant are expected to get learn. tell y u that the goal f perfect, unac native speakers, and if this off the plane and be comprchen ible to I laving said that, Ohi d e have a cenkd Jngli 'h i ' nearly unachievable were the standard, we a new audience right away. ome tu law that attempt , to pruvcnt thi situa for m '1 n n-native speaker , and if dents fail the PT and mu t take a ti n in higher educati n. The law thi were the tandard, we would have would have no international ba ic ngli h clas ; omt! pa the OPT, tate that all incoming teaching as i - no intcrnati nal teaching a i tants. but mu t take NG 095 to help with tants, both native and non-native peak Furthermore, we would have no teaching assistants" their clas r om c mmunication · till ers, must be scn:~ened for comprehensi engineering department, one that others pa the OPT, and are compre bility before they can set foot in the thrives on the constant flow of interna Sharon Tjaden hensible enough to not need ENG 095. classroom. tional teaching assistants to teach sec ever, the onus is not on Wright State; it As students, we must try to not let As a native-speaking English teach tions of introductory courses. is on the State of Ohio, and to each our first impressions color what a non ing as istant, my job screening was Let me restate Ohio s law once state for that matter. native speaker is actually saying. done by the graduate admissions officer more: All international teaching assi - The federal government leaves this Finally, check your syllabus and find when I igned my contract. Non-natiw tant must be comprehensible before issue to the discretion of the states; out what position your instructor actu English peakers must pa an oral pro they are allowed to teach in a class therefore, laws regarding the adminis ally holds. This might explain why ficiency test (OPT). From my experi room. Notice that this exclude profes tration of te ts to keep which non you're tuck in a class with an instruc ence, each university handles this pro- sors and other instructors. This is native speakers are allowed to teach tor that you can't understand. 'Geek to Greek' impartial, not interpreted correctly statement acknowledging their po i The quote u ed in the article in refer negatiw light. Sorry, but the article was tive attributions. The purpo e of the ence to '"acceptance., came directJ y not not intended to degrade or promote, but article was to interview the other stu from my elf, but from yours truly, a to ask students why they thought peo Greek member. ple made the deci ion to go Greek. My article on dents and let them do the work. respons If you read it carefully, the quote did I was not out to discourage Greek Greek life consisted The article received various them with not say that all tudents join because of life and I remained impartial. If the mostly of interviews es and I would like to share instead, ome join for article took on a harsh tone or made from other students. you briefly. Negative feedback that I acceptance, have received ha bet::n email from acceptance. Another email argued that ome feel angered and offended, all I There an~ pe pie Greeks "buy friends" by paying due . It can ay is two things to you. that arc up et bt::cau c of the student Gret::k members. was not stated anywhere in the article First that's why it was placed in the qu tcd comments publi hcd in the arti nc email referrt:d to me a ' igno actually that you do buy friendship. opini n section and if you disagree or cle. Tht!ir tatt::ments are not rt!tlective rant." I am not ign rant, I am for writing an article about a At the end of the day, I received agree, that is perfectly natural and ofmt!. clever never more positive feedback than expected. acceptabk Before I began writing, I knew that I topic that we all talk about but Students let me know that they had Secondly, Greeks were not being was not going to do most of the work put before public eye. received another stating, "The been waiting for that exact controver solely targeted. There are many other by including research and statistics I what frats sial article to be published. organizations that can be written about about Greek life becau e the article wa quote used in the article are avoid and As far as I can tell, Greeks are not in a newspaper, and I may take the not ab ut that. I did, however, include and ororities are trying to that people do not join for acceptance.'' happy because they felt portrayed in a notion to do o in the future. *Notefrom the Editor The benefits of joining a fraternity or sorority The Guardian encourages students college wanting to join a fraternity. I notion, fraternities and sororities are a and staff alike to write in their opin had older friends that had talked to me business more so than a cute little ions about various issues going on about it and wanted to check it out. social club to make people cool. around campus and around the world. That was one of the best decisions I've I'm not here to convince you to go We also appreciate feedback from arti made. 90% of my wedding party will Greek. I am challenging you to do cles and opinions published each After reading the piece, ' Going from be my brothers, and I have brothers more research into Greek life before week. geek to Greek," I thought to myself, that have moved away that I still speak you criticize it. I see the previous arti However, it has come to our atten why criticize something you know so to everyday. cle as another failed attempt to make tion that some students have taken to little about? Our country is constantly It's said that Greeks pay for their Greeks on this campus look bad. harras ing those who have written condemned for not thoroughly friends, but let me say I have plenty of You challenged people to respond, pieces with belligerent emails and let researching things, and because of this, friends at this school that aren't Greek, here it is. If anyone would like to sit ters. false information is acted upon. So, we and since they don't have a desire to go down with me, or even attend our chap If you have an opinion or a problem a future leaders havt:: a responsibility Greek, I don't pre s anything on them. ter meeting to see how tht:: busine s with an article, please use The to correct this reoccurring mi take. They are still great friends, and I have aspect of a Greek organization is run, as your forum or contact the Therefore, look at the benefits of Guardian the utmost respect for them, just like I then please contact me. In closing I editor. joining a fraternity or sorority: life-long do for my fraternity. will leave everyone with a saying that as such bonds and friendships arc made, many We are in college and Do you know what it takes to run an my fraternity, and all other Greeks everyone on this campus should act job contacts are gained, and we can organization like Sigma Phi Epsilon should understand, "From the outside Please keep this walk down the street wearing our like respectful adults. with over 225,000 people? It takes looking in, you can't understand it, Guardian and Greek ktters and have random people in mind as you read The money, insurance, and housing funds. from the inside looking out, you can't as you stay here on campus. strike up a conversation. These benefits mom~y goes explain it." sound terrible? Why would anyont: Some of the we pay want to have these benefits? I came to towards our philanthropy. Dcspik the 10 I The Guardian Wednesday, October 5, 2005 The Guardian I 11