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Striving
for respect sometimes hard
Greeks,
Gavel look for ways to gain respect among students
Overrated,
preppy, snobby, loud, obnoxious.
During
a recent roundtable The Gavel held between Greeks
and Independents, these were some words used by
the Independents to define Greeks. Although harsh,
these are words that obviously many Independents
are thinking when they think of Greeks.
Through
the roundtable, the Greeks had a chance to explain
a lot of the questions that the Independnt students
had and addressed many of the stereotypes. And
by the end, the Independents had a better understanding
of the Greek system.
But
is changing the attitudes of four students enough?
How do we go about trying to change the attitudes
of all students?
One
outlet that we would like to offer is The Gavel.
As you can see, we’ve been making changes
to The Gavel this semester. In the past, The Gavel,
like the Greeks, did not receive a lot of respect.
It was basically a publication to say “Go
Greeks!” But we would like to change the
campus’ view of the paper. So we went through
a redesign. We increased our staff. And we started
thinking of story ideas that would intrigue the
entire student body.
In
our new mission statement, we say The Gavel is
a publication for all students and we are doing
everything we can to get non-Greek students to
pick up the paper. In doing that, our hope is
that other students will get a peek into Greek
life and hopefully some of the stereotypes and
rumors will disappear.
But
we need your help in this effort. We need the
help of the Greek community to get the message
accross to other students. Give us story ideas
that involve Greek life but you think other students
might want to know about. Communicate with us.
Let us know how we’re doing. Work for us.
Write, design, copy edit. And most of all, don’t
disrespect us. We are all in this together and
we need to work together. If The Gavel prints
something you don’t agree with, let us know.
The
Greek community is a commited and caring community
and it is time we showed the rest of the campus
that. It is time to dispel the stereotypes and
work with the other students to build a better
and stronger Greek community.
You
can respond to The Gavel by writing to gavel@listproc.bgsu.edu
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