DN news judgement challenged; greeks clarify TRIAD
UN reporter
unfairly covers
Fight Night
Congratulations, Stacey Mcken
zie. That was the best piece of one
sided journalism that I have ever read
(DN, April 22). Not only did you fail
to present the entire story, you took
quotes out of context that were in
tended to be “off the record.”
Why didn’t you mention that over
$8,000 was raised for emotionally
disturbed and learning disabled chil
dren? Why didn’t you contact Ron
Dodd, State Athletic Commission
Inspector, who said this was one of
the most organized events ever put
on? Or how about Pat DeBaer, Mid
west Amateur Boxing Federation
president? Or Doug Emery, of the
Midwest ABF, who said this event
will go on next year? Ail of these
names were given to you, but their
comments would not have served you
purpose.
The altercations that broke were
indeed unfortunate, and I am truly
sorry that my two friends were hurt.
Security, however, is something that
was not lacking. The eight off'duty
deputies that you mentioned were hired
by us and were already on hand to
dispel any such altercations. The three
on-duty deputies never even entered
the building. You made it sound as if
deputies were rousted out of bed to
disperse a riot. Wrong. That’s pretty
shoddy journalism.
Craig Gundersen
junior
marketing
Fight Night co-chairman
Sorority members
justify T-shirts
for TRIAD
We would like to lake the time to
point out some important issues con
cerning the 1991 TRIAD T-shirts. To
begin with, the three houses involved
were Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa
Gamma and Pi Beta Phi, not Gamma
Phi Beta. These three houses are among
the first to be chartered here at UNL.
This is where the meaning behind
“elite” is derived.
We assess the meaning for “privi
leged” as coming from the fact that
we feel lucky to have an opportunity
(TRIAD) to unite three established
sororities on this campus, to celebrate
our sisterhood.
We would also like to address Daniel
P. Thibodeau’s concerns about the
connotations of the “elite” party T
shirt. His concerns were discussed
prior to the printing of the T-shirt and,
as a result, a second T-shirt was de
signed that did not include the “elite”
logo. The decision on which T-shirt
to purchase w as left up to the individ
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ual, not the house.
We would also like to acknowl
edge that as a result of owning the
“elite” T-shirt, we do not feel supe
rior as a member of a given sorority.
We feel that often when it comes to
the greek system, people tend to
confuse superiority with pride. As
members of the UNL greek system,
we are often stereotyped and perse
cuted for issues and ideas that non
grcck individuals are not. An example
is the wearing of a party T-shirt.
Please keep in mind that groups,
such as sororities, are composed of
individuals; therefore, criticism should
be aimed at individuals and not the
entire sorority system. We would like
to close by stating that we are voicing
our opinions as individuals, and not
representatives of our respective house.
Mary Cooper
sophomore
elementary education
Kathy DeRosear
freshman
English
Sorority denies
any association
with ‘elite’ T-shirt
This letter is in response to Daniel
P. Thibodeau’s letter April 25.1 would
like to suggest that Mr. Thibodeau
research his topic to a greater extent.
Obviously, he did not realize that the
Gamma Phi Beta sorority had noth
ing to do with TRIAD or the “elite
and privileged” T-shirts.
The third member of the TRIAD is
Pi Beta Phi. The women of Pi Beta
Phi also had nothing to do with the T
shirts. We as a chapter voted to pur
chase our own T-shirt design in light
of the fact that many of us found the
“elite and privileged” design to be
objectionable. I do not feel that we
are “socially superior,” “arrogant” or
“uncultured.” I am proud to be a part
of the greek system, and I am sorry
that the implications made by this T
shirtdesign mightdevalue the reputa
tion of all fraternities and sororities at
UNL.
Katherine A. Scott
junior
international affairs
DN photograph
violates privacy
of seizure student
As I picked up my daily copy of
the Daily Nebraskan on April 23, I
was appalled when I saw the front
--
page. There was a picture of a stu
dent, who had experienced a seizure,
being carried away by paramedics.
There was no article, just a picture.
The poor guy — his personal privacy
was totally violated. Whose business
is it that he had a seizure? What is
gained by exploiting him by printing
his picture on the front page of the
newspaper? Does everyone that gets
carried away by an ambulance get on
the front page? Is that news?
The purpose of a newspaper is to
keep people informed. That picture
was not newsworthy and did not per
tain to any article. What is the point of
printing such a picture? After seeing
that choice of front-page photogra
phy, sorry, guys, but I strongly doubt
your journalistic ethics and integrity.
It was not as if he was shot by a Love
Library employee.
It is bad enough that he had to
experience something embarrassing
over which he had no control — now
he is constantly reminded by it, thanks
to your extremely poor judgement.
Hey, mister, whoever you are, we feel
for you!
Jennifer K. Ross
junior
sociology
Sigma Chi house
unjustly labeled
after Fight Night
In response to several editorials in
the April 25 Daily Nebraskan. Sharon
O’ Neil, were you at Fight Night? The
fights that occurred in the crowd at
Fight Night were extremely over
blown, just as were your presump
tions about the Sigma Chi house. I am
sure there are many, many females
who will argue your statement, “I
certainly fear for any woman who
enters into the Sigma Chi fraternity
house.” Have you ever been inside
Sigma Chi? Obviously you have not.
Have you ever been to a football
game, Sharon? Students get drunk
before games and go to them. Stu
dents fight in the stands, but they are
not written about in the DN, as well
they shouldn’t be — just as Fight
Night shouldn’t have been written
about in such a negative way.
Students in residence halls drink
in their rooms also— don’t single out
fraternities, they are not the only places
on campus that students can drink
with “impunity.” Just as many people
would have attended Fight Night had
there not been beer served, guaran
teed!
Mark Rinehart is correct in his
statement that “ .. .it is the job of the
DN to inform the student body who
supports it, of the positive things that
are being done for the community by
students of UNL . . ” The greck
system has indeed fallen into the
“rumor mill” and it will indeed work
its way up to receive the respect it
deserves, but when the DN, a so
called newspaper of ALL the stu
dents, consistently cuts itdown, there
is little we can do to project a positive
image.
Lately, the DN has been playing
on the misfortunes of people, injuries
at Fight Night, seizures at Love Li
brary. Why don’t you try projecting a
positive outlook and be creative in
stead of the constant criticism and
redundancy?
Finally to Pohl Longsine. Fight
Night was organized very profession
ally and the fighters trained and fought
in a fair manner. They did not receive
money for their efforts; they did it to
help a charity. If you feel boxing is
not a good sport, fine, but this was
more than that; it was a philanthropy.
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sophomore freshman
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