Founding Mother
To the Editor: I am not writing this letter to discuss the inappropriateness of "The Zetemouth" or other Greek indiscretions.
To the Editor: I am not writing this letter to discuss the inappropriateness of "The Zetemouth" or other Greek indiscretions.
To the Editor: I am offended and disgusted by the recently discovered "Zetemouth" papers. They are an offense not only to the women who were named but to all women.
My friends were nice enough to give me some ideas for the topic of this week's column. Or should I say rather that they were nice enough to give me an idea of what shouldn't be a topic for this week' s column.
To the Editor: Due to recent events, I have felt frustration at being caught in the middle of several arbitrary definitions, all of which seem to try to define me, and none of which try actually to include me.
To the Editor: After reading an article in the April 20th issue of The Dartmouth by Anshu Wahi entitled "Take Back the Night " Not Quite," I was compelled to address the unsubstantiated accusations that all too often pass without refute by leaders of the Greek community.
To the Editor: Does anyone think that the destruction of the fraternity system will solve all of our social and cultural problems?
Year after year, during student election time, we are confronted by the same question: What is the purpose of the Student Assembly?
To the Editor: After reading Andrew Ryan's letter in the April 23rd issue of The Dartmouth, I felt that I must take up the challenge and say something.
The Greek system is classist, homophobic, misogynist and racist; it must be abolished. It is a decadent institution that exists only at the painful expense of others ("Others"). It can never provide adequate reparations for the psychic damage inflicted on those upset by the Saigon party, the Greek Week '98 and other t-shirts, the ghetto party, the luau, the "wah hoo wah" incident and, most recently, the Zeta Psi salacious papers affair. It originated in 1841 and was created primarily by white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant men for the benefit of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant men.
To the Editor: I was saddened to read about the continued personification of Dartmouth College as an institution which still embraces the notion that it is all right to portray women as objects for the fraternity man's sexual conquests.
On Monday, April 23rd, Theresa M. Pope wrote in The Dartmouth, "Based on what has transpired on your campus, I no longer view Dartmouth as a reputable institution." I thought I was going to stay out of this latest campus crisis -- really had no interest in hashing this one out; why bother?
To the Editor: It seems finally that the Greek system has run its course? After having supported the Greeks throughout my time in Hanover, your article about "The Zetemouth" has become that last straw to push me over to the other side.
To the Editor: Like most of the campus, I was personally appalled by the material in "Sigma Report" and "The Zetemouth." However, I think there are several things that most people may be overlooking in this controversy. I think it is important to realize that these "sex papers" have a sarcastic and self-deprecating tone that both the females involved and The Dartmouth have overlooked.
To the Editor: I see a couple of issues which need to be examined. You may not like how I look at them, but don't I have the right to "free speech?" Don't I get a chance to say what I believe in?
To the Editor: I thought I was disgusted when I read about the sex paper published by members of Zeta Psi.
To the Editor: I have always espoused the satirical philosophy that the American people (in general) were too reactionary and easily manipulated to deserve the franchise.
To the Editor: I would like to address Michael Bern '01's "A Letter From Zeta Psi," The Dartmouth, April 20th, defending himself and his house.
To the Editor: As Kinohi Nishikawa wrote in his April 19th editorial (The Dartmouth, "The Culture of Denial"), "we all know -- more or less -- what goes on in frats even though we hate to admit it." To put it another way, we have never been innocent of "witnessing" and/or experiencing the exploitation of freshman women, the groping of body parts on the dance floor, the "morning after" walk home. I would like to address this silence, this complicity of which we are all -- students, alumni, faculty, and administrators -- guilty.
To the Editor: I'd like to respond to the letters demanding derecognition for Zeta Psi fraternity for "The Zetemouth" exposure. Although I find the publication offensive and degrading, I do not think the derecognition of Zeta Psi will resolve this problem.
I am a member of the class of '96, and a former member and officer of Zeta Psi fraternity. It was with utter dismay that I recently read The Dartmouth's story (April 18th, "Zete's Graphic 'Sex Papers' Exposed") on the fraternity's weekly newsletter.