Why do you get off on getting Greeks mad at you? Your letter you wrote was full of so many incredibly ignorant statements, it made Greeks at Plymouth State seem like a bunch of idiots. I’m Greek here at Plymouth, a brother of Sigma Tau Gamma, and of course you are entitled to your own feelings about Greek life, but why do you feel it necessary to put us down?
Why do you care what we do? Did you get picked on by a big bad frat boy? Did you get kicked out of a Greek house? Did a sorority sister dump you? There must be some reason why you hate us.
Have you ever dedicated yourself to something that you care so deeply about? I know every single Greek on this campus put in a lot of time and effort to be part of their organization.
You may think that just because some little school in the middle of New Hampshire doesn’t recognize us as a fraternity, that no one recognizes us. I am part of a nationally recognized fraternity. That means that we different chapters all across the country. Our first chapter was founded by 17 men who fought in France during WWI, at Central Missouri State Teachers College in 1920. We have grown to over 140 university campuses across the United States.
In regards to you saying that all we do is party, and we do nothing for the community, our philanthropy is BACCHUS. Since you don’t seem to be that well educated on the topic of Greek life, philanthropy is defined as, the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause, usually over an extended period of time and in regard to a defined objective. BACCHUS is an international student-based movement for the prevention of alcohol abuse by college students. BACCHUS is not an abolitionist movement. Rather, its goal is to teach and promote the responsible use of beverage alcohol by those who choose to use it.
During the Cancer walk [sic] in October, many Greek organizations showed their support. Sororities and Fraternities [sic] were represented, girls from Kappa Delta Phi, and Delta Zeta among them, joined the walk. Students, including one of my brothers, Bill Douty [sic] volunteered his time and effort to play a half hour concert to benefit the walk. I helped spread the word about the last blood drive and know that many other Greeks came as well.
Ill informed [sic] people like you always use the line “paying for your friends.” When I pay my national dues, it goes to insurance for my whole fraternity, so if you, a random person, one of my brothers or I gets hurt in my house or on my property, we are covered. We have national advisors that will travel to meet with us to make sure everything is going well and that there are no problems.
You say “Greeks at PSU seem to see themselves as a higher power; just as the rich think they have more control in the national community.” That is another one of your statements that has gotten Greeks and other people upset. We don’t feel that we’re better than you; we don’t think that non Greeks [sic] are less of a person. But in our hearts we know that we have personally devoted ourselves to something we care about, and we have done things that people will never know, or for that matter, even care about.
Tim, I really hope that my letter and the fact that so many people on this campus are upset about the recent events will better educate you about what the truth is. If you have any other feelings about this, please write to me, or any other Greek.
Sincerely,
Conor Lynch
Sigma Tau Gamma, 106