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Carnevale column should not have been printed

To the editor,

Tony Carnevale left out one more thing freshmen should do - write for the Wildcat Perspectives section. Becoming a commentary writer gives students the opportunity to slander anything they don't like and voice their unsubstantiated opinion to 30,000 people. Tony, do you realize the hypocrisy in you telling a much broader audience than any other organization can reach, what to do, while criticizing a smaller group of individuals (fraternities) for allegedly doing the same thing. None of your claims are backed by anything remotely resembling an argument, and some are completely false. I am not a journalist, but I have always been under the impression that things printed in a newspaper, with the exception of advertisements, should be based on factual information, and, in the case of commentaries, valid arguments. Instead, you make wild claims and accusations about things you don't fully understand. I challenge you to write and article that uses the tools of good writing to make a point without resorting to what is, in effect, childish name calling.

In addition, I am curious as to why the Editor-in-Chief of this paper would allow an article like this to be printed. I don't understand why you would want to print something that would alienate a large percentage of your readers. A paper has two principle roles: to inform the public, and as a business, to bring in revenue. Tony Carnevale's article works against these two roles by misinforming the public and alienating potential advertisers, who could be affiliated with a Greek organization.

Stephen Combs

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Senior