To the Editor:
I think it's great how passionate we are. It's wonderful that we can organize, coordinate and inspire each other to rally and protest. It's fabulous to know that when we want, we can get national news coverage. It's exhilarating to know we have that much power.
But President Wright blah, blah, blah. The trustees' blah, blah, blah. The Greek System blah, blah, blah. What is it that motivates us to such power? We rock the press and the campus in the name of partying and tradition? How noble!
What has Dartmouth done in the civil rights, or feminist, or gay/lesbian/bisexual movements? Have we spoken out against war, Apartheid and oppression?
Well, yes. But never so loudly as we do now in the name of fraternities. Issues like human rights and equality stir a shout somewhere in our minds, but issues like partying rights and dorm equality enrage us.
How small has our world become that our outrage only extends as far as the nearest frat house? The credence of this movement is amusing. While people die and starve and suffer we nod our heads and agree something should be done. Some of us even do something. Oh, but when our favorite social space is threatened we all come running and take action. Have we become so self-absorbed? We're only reinforcing the Animal House image that the fraternities claim to have moved away from. It seems we are school sprinkled with compassion and tortured by our weekend activities.
