A reader at DailyLobo.com responded to last week’s letter, submitted by Lisa McBride: “List of Greeks’ positives could fill the Parthenon,” about the biased view of Greek life on UNM campus:
by Barbara Vidal
posted Monday
“This is completely disgusting.
I know tons of great, awesome, genuine people involved in Greek life who do amazing things for UNM and their respective houses, yet the difference [between] them and you, Lisa McBride, is that fact they are in Greek life because it fits into their lives and it calls to who they are; it is an important part of their lives and will continue to be one.
You, however, are very pretentious in assuming that actions taken by Greek life are unnoticed or unappreciated. In fact, I literally just finished telling a sophomore friend of mine what great things she can gain from joining Greek life, being a non-Greek myself. Unfortunately, you are one of the few whom I hope she does not meet, since you are the epitome of why there is such a misconception of Greeks on campus.
While I’m sure you had great intentions, you literally just put down the entire student body not involved in Greek life — not only that, but you felt you had the right to?
Especially considering the strong sense of community and selflessness conveyed by the Greeks, I find it very disappointing that you would go so far to forming a high school clique against the rest of the students recognizing them as “little man” or “opponents.”
You completely disregarded any accomplishments made by UNM’s music and arts programs, research and publications achieved by the science departments, the high attention UNM has received because of the progress made by Anderson [School of Business] and the Anthropology departments, and even by non-Greek fans of UNM sports teams.
Again, I really understand what you perhaps meant by this article and I won’t sit here and deny the fact that there are biased Greek-haters on campus.
However, I expect the Greek community to stand above such childish behavior and continue to do the great things they do on campus — like they always have — without the need to remind others, let alone attempt to convince them via a spiteful, immature article that their lives are the ones to be wanted and followed.
Perhaps you should look toward the leaders and alumni of your own house and decide whether you are truly speaking from the heart and representing your sorority, or if that is something you should leave as a Facebook blog.
Having the nerve to post such an article in the Daily Lobo speaks enough to what kind of person you are, but next time, define who “they” are and perhaps you’d at least be given a bit more credit than just appearing to be some sad girl who lives only for Greek and cannot acknowledge the rest of the world around her.”
