Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Sigma Nu Frat Supended

Image result for Sigma Nu frat at Old Dominion suspended for offensive bannersRecently in the news, there has been lots of media covering sorority and fraternity life and it's rather large stereotypes that typically end up to be true. While usually the big media coverage goes to the issues of race inequality that sororities and fraternities have, the most recent story has to do with a rather disturbing thing. The Sigma Nu house at Old Dominion had three large painted sheets hung up on their house reading things like "Freshman girl drop off" and "Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time". While these are both offensive and disrespectful to women, it puts a harsh light on the frat/sorority scene. How far is too far? What has been able to get by the rules that is now common and goes unnoticed? It's moments like this where we question how many incidents of rape and excessive drinking (including underage) happen in the Greek life. It not only becomes questionable to people's safety but it is slowly starting to become more and more out of control. Should the police interfere? Should school regulation be stricter? It's pretty hard to think about because some sororities and frats do very good things like community service and providing housing and links to job opportunities. However stories like this make me wonder if having a big Greek life is a good thing at all because at a certain point it is just rude and promotes very bad character. The Sigma Nu house was suspended, but everyone knows that isn't the only frat like this. Is it a bigger problem than people are making it out to be? I think it needs to get under control.

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