As a member of the Greek community, I feel, as a whole, we are overlooked and under-represented in the Daily Skiff. I have made several attempts to have stories written covering various events regarding my particular organization with no success. The reason for the Skiff’s lack of interest is beyond my comprehension.

Greek or not, we are all TCU students and should be represented in a periodical reflecting the institution as a whole – with no prejudice. The Greek community is working more diligently than ever to become a greater part of the student body and have a positive impact on the TCU community – in my experience this has not been reciprocated by the Skiff, as our efforts are overlooked.

I firmly believe those who are not fond of Greeks are being enabled by the Skiff – which only reports the stories that reflect the Greek community negatively. As with any organization on campus, there is always negative news, but in the Greek community, the positive things, which outweigh the negative, are overlooked.

Each Greek organization hosts philanthropies, which raise thousands of dollars to benefit various charities. Several chapters do community service projects that range from helping with FrogHouse to homeless shelters. TCU’s second Greek Week begins March 31, and there will be a “Greeks in the Streets” aspect where all organizations will be doing community service in various locations around Fort Worth.

I encourage members of the Skiff to step out of the norm and write stories that address the good things the Greek community is doing on campus and for the local community. I am confident that when this happens, the stereotypes will begin to change. People will see Greeks for who they really are, and not as a newspaper makes them out to be.

It is important to recognize the Skiff is an organization and Greeks comprise many organizations – but as a whole we are part of the TCU community. It is our responsibility as a small part of a much larger community to work together for the overall betterment of the TCU community as a whole.

Having said all this, I look forward to reading articles that cover Greek Week, various Greek philanthropies and Greek activities in the future as we work together to include more TCU community activities in our institution’s newspaper.

Evan Berlin is a junior advertising/public relations major from The Woodlands.