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Fraternity existence benefits community Jared Paben's story about Student Judicial Affairs Director Chris Loschi avo ("Fraternity incidents elude Uni versity sanctions," ODE, March 12) is not the objective news story it pre tends to be. It is an opinionated, one sided at tack on our greek sys COMMENTARY -—- unfairly pi geonholes fraternal organizations for their scat tered mistakes. It leaves out the nu merous great things members of the greek system do for this community. First of all, suggesting that mem bers of greek organizations are the only students on campus who make mistakes that most young people make is absolutely ridiculous. The only* difference between the greek community and the general student body is that we are accountable for our actions and we allow ourselves to be judged by the general public, whereas others can often elude the ac countability that comes with being af filiated with an organization. Secondly, our endorsement stan dards are second to none on this cam pus. Who else on campus attends Im pact Leadership retreats and hears successful speakers such as John Spence and other social issues speak ers? Who else pushes themselves to achieve a better GPA than the all-men's and all-women's averages, which are currently above a 3.0? Those are hardly easy marks to attain as a group. Each house has a yearly philanthropy event to raise money for organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of America, the YMCA, Looking Glass shelter and more. How come nobody on campus hears about those things from their campus news paper? Every member of a fraternity is also required to volunteer five hours every term to give back to his commu nity, but the reality is that many do more on their own because they want to do something for their communi ty. Delta Upsilon, in winter term, vol unteered more than 500 hours with just 30 members. Many of those hours came from coaching YMCA basketball along with members of Sigma Chi. Where is the front-page ar ticle on that? When you focus on the scattered mishaps of a few people, you leave out all the great things greeks do for the University. Maybe Paben should stop attacking greek organizations with his opinion and over-emphasis on the negative. He should start do ing some real news reporting and write about all the great things and accountability that greeks bring to this university. Westin Mclean is a sophomore studying accounting and a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. mnrapunnamniinniramraninnni annaananana Find fun stuff in the ODE Classifieds: Comics, your daily horoscope, and. of course, the crossword. Commentary Next day orders only. Allow 1-2 days lor APS , processing; GJossy or matte FUJICOLOR MARCH 29 - APRIL 4 2ND SET FREE! 3x5 prints: 12 exp $2.25 24 exp $4.25 36 exp $6.25 4x6 prints: 12 exp $3.25 24 exp $6.25 36 exp $8.25 Next day aiders only. 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