The Greek System - Rebuttal Essay

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Look around at every university and you spot them: the Greek letters. In the university life fraternities and sororities play an ignoramus role. However, the Greek system is also a hugely criticized portion of the university life. As any controversial thing there are those that oppose and those who embrace the Greek system. Evan Wright wrote an article called the “Sister Act” that was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, where he clearly opposes it. In his article, Wright uses examples from Ohio State University in Columbus to show his dissatisfaction of the way sororities are in the modern times. He individuates sorority girls as spiteful conformists who do nothing but party with fraternity boys. Evan Wright’s feeble claim is full of abstract principles in the areas of alcohol consumption, conformity, and the purpose of sororities; therefore, his critical position that sororities are corrupt is not plausible. In his article Wright looks down upon sororities because of their alcohol consumption, however, this is flawed since he fails to look at student bodies as a whole. He ends his article with a flash to the Reggaefest hosted by Sigma Kappa which is considering “the last big blowout of the year before exams and the farewell of another graduation class.” (557) In his articled Wright wheedles the audience to look down on the drinking behaviors of the intoxicated students at the party. What Wright fails to do is share to the audience that other students outside of the Greek system are partying and drinking for the same reasons as the students in the Greek system are. College students have access to alcohol in some way or another. If students want to have alcohol they will always find some way to get that alcohol. Wright only points his finger on the Greek system because it is not only the largest group on campus but it is also an easy target. Stated by the National

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