Person on the street: What do you think of the Greek Corner?

Not too long ago, Newspeak included a section called the Greek Corner, which was intended to be a forum for Greek organizations, where the various chapters could let the campus know what their group was doing, and relay information to their members. In recent years though, some people have felt that the content of the Greek Corner had slowly degenerated into a mix of gossip about the latest party and attacks aimed at other Greek organizations.

Because of the degradation of this section of the newspaper, the Interfraternity Council voted to end chapters' submissions to Newspeak's Greek Corner. Recently, the IFC resurrected the column, with new guidelines meant to improve the quality of chapters' submissions. But, some submissions received for the next issue (October 8, 1996) were no different than before, and this time it was Newspeak who dropped the Greek Corner.

More recently, there has been talk of re-resurrecting the Greek Corner, so we went to the streets and walkways of campus to find out what people had to say. Generally, we found that non-Greeks didn't read the section or did not approve of it, while Greeks felt that it was worth bringing back to the paper, and could be useful, if used in the right way:

Newspeak Staff Photo / Adam Woodbury

"I'm not part of a frat, so I really don't read it... it makes no difference to me whether its brought back or not." -Nick Bulet '97

Newspeak Staff Photo / Adam Woodbury

"I like the Greek Corner...but I don't think it needs to get into a personal column to each fraternity. To the whole community, not just specifically the fraternity, I think would be a lot better."-Christina Caverly '99

Newspeak Staff Photo / Adam Woodbury

"[A Greek Corner should] Keep the student body up to date with what's going on in the fraternities." -Frank Sweetser '99