∑X OFFENDED - Posted by JT

Dear Anonymous Editor,
Your "RAPE IS HAPPENING ON THIS CAMPUS" submission was both offensive and a gross
generalization in its nature. Whether you meant to or not, you have perpetrated the male
greek community (with the exception of Beta Theta Pi....) as a direct threat to the
female community. I can only speak on behalf of Sigma Chi, but I feel comfortable in
saying that Fraternities on campus do hold each other and their members accountable for
their actions and no Greek organization stands for such heinous and malicious actions
taken against women (or men).
I appreciate the fact that only 10% of rapes on average are reported. In turn, how
can you allege that the Greek community is involved heavily in the rape incidents, when
there is no information available to confirm this? I am not denying rape happens on
campus, I am simply defending not only my Fraternity, but the Greek community as a whole.
Also, this is not an issue of holding the Greek community to a high standard, but holding
the entire Denison community to a higher standard. It is no less acceptable for a
non-Greek student to act in such a disgraceful manner as it is a member of a Greek
organization.
No one stands for rape. No one. This is an issue that the Denison community needs
to address. In order to do this, we need not single out any community. This is a campus
wide problem, as you have made apparent to me, and I am positive any Greek organization
would be more then willing to aid you and the administration in this process.

Respectively,
Lucas Meyer
#7516