Letter From the Editor: Regarding the Mr. Fraternity Article

By Kim Tenure

Dear Readers,
Recently, an article was published on this site, A Grecian Tragedy: Mr. Fraternity, as an anonymous opinion piece. As editor in chief, I would like to address several issues that the article has raised.

The first being that this article was sent to me via campus mail with no handwriting on it. It was submitted to the editor in chief of gburgforum.com. Most of you know how easy it is to acquire someone’s campus box number, so in reality it could have been any member of the campus who sent it to me (personally, no one has considered that the writer may in fact be a disgruntled member of the Greek community). I do not like to publish anonymous articles for the very reason that you should stand behind your beliefs, but in some situations writing under a pseudonym or pen name is the best way to go about voicing a very radical opinion. I can tell you with a hundred percent honesty that I did not write the article, but I can understand the writers desire for anonymity. That being said, I am not going to question any writer on my staff to determine who wrote it, nor am I going to pressure anyone to come out or publicly vocalize this opinion. For whatever reason the writer felt the need to hide his/her identity. That in itself may be a larger issue that needs to be addressed.

On behalf of the forum editorial staff, specifically the publisher and myself, I would like to address what was said in one of the Letters to the Editor, which pointed out the aspect they found most disturbing was how the article was advertised. This was in no means intentional and the language was meant to encourage readers to check out the site. We usually spotlight our most controversial articles, in hopes of getting a response from campus, and respond you did. The article does not reflect the opinion of the staff writers, contributing writers or editorial staff.

Moreover, as the editor of this publication, and the person that posted the article, I will not apologize for publishing this article. Yes, I wish it had a name on it, but I can understand why the author wished to remain nameless. Put yourself in the same position: would you have the courage to write an article that so obviously has half the campus up in arms?

So finally, the article has been published and I stand behind the work of this writer and his/her wishes to remain anonymous.
Sincerely,
Kim Tenure
Editor in Chief, gburgforum.com