It was originally established at Yale University with the Phi chapter in 1844. If you can get a copy, its a good read on what NOT to do when national media comes around.The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity has 56 active chapters and 5 active colonies. WHAT?Ģ) I think the writer assumes toward the end of the article that the women in the fraternity house at a party are sorority women, just because they are in a fraternity house. The thing that bothers me most about the article:ġ) The newly initated member at the beginning of the article who states something about "alcohol always having to be a part of philanthropy". And you have to all be careful about what you're saying in public and the image that leaves of someone who is Greek. (On the flip side, they somehow allowed them into the house to take pictures!!) Anyway, the lesson learned from this is if you're told not to cooperate with the media, you shouldn't. The women never explictly cooperated with the writer of the article but were still "featured". The person writing the article happened to attend a meeting that the sisters were at for another campus organization and the writer wrote about them from that perspective. At least the chapter of my sorority there was. it is my understanding that all of the inter/national sororities were told not to cooperate with the person writing the Rolling Stone article. Why do they have to promote fear concerning the Greek Culture? I guess thats my beef. Both active and even those that are now very prominent members(Greek Alumni) of society. H easy would it be for them to start covering stories about the full and accurate picture concerning Greeks. I mean look at all the stuff that they cover just in the local news with shootings/deaths. Especially with the need for shock value/ratings/money/power. Its always seems to be easy for the media to target negative stories. Bashing Greeks is the "in" thing now and he knew to do so would get him published. Whether it is representative of the entire Greek system there is highly questionnable. The writer wanted a negative article, and that's what he reported. The girl talking about drinking philanthropy was either abysmally stupid, or she was planning to depledge & decided to screw everyone. That wasn't what he wanted for the article, so it didn't get included. If you want to look for the mag it has Trent Reznor on the cover.Īmanda - I agree, but I would also be willing to bet he talked to a couple dozen siters who DID present a good image. The whole thing was posted in Duncan's Greek Pages (in the general forum. ? - They were talking about a party at the Kappa Sig house so they "got to" be in the article too. If you want to read the article they might have it archived on the Rolling Stone website. For the interview they should've stayed sober instead of having Rolling Stone tell the nation that some of the girls had to be carried home they were so trashed. I mean sure, many of us drink and is part of greek life, but it is really just a part of college life, not just greeks. They told the reporter that drinking was a big part of philanthropy.and as we all know, drinking at philanthropic function is against national policies so I don't know how they get awy with that. I'm not trying to down any sorority at OSU, however I think that whoever was involved with this national magazine article should have presented themselves better for the good of their sorority. The sisters in the article got really drunk and pretty much just made sorority girls look like easy drunken snobs. It kind of a "day in the life" story of a sorority girl, but it was very misleading. It was titled "Sister Act" and the reporter pretty much just interviewed them and hung with them at some parties.
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