The Griffon News

 The article that was placed in the Griffon News in the opinion section on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 titled Have some respect, this isn’t high school was an outrage. The article targeted one minority group, African American’s. Rather or not the article was true or false the things that were written were utterly inappropriate. One should discover all the facts before they place the blame or point a finger at anyone. Singling out one group of individuals is not the correct way to address an issue on Missouri Western’s campus. By addressing the issue in such a negative manner the Griffon News has created a negative stigma on Western’s campus and specifically towards minority students. But despite all of this madness, we believe that this controversial article will bring a change to this campus. It is a wake up call that students needed to become proactive, make a change, and let their voices be heard. We challenge the Griffon News to not contribute to the high school like mentality by adding a flame book via newspaper to the campus. How can we make a change when all we are doing is degrading each other and pin pointing each others weaknesses? Maybe next time the Griffon News should consider doing an article on how do we resolve issues such as, the behavior at the convocation and vandalism in the union or better yet how minority student leaders have been trying to resolve these issues for the last two years. Members of Zeta Phi Beta encourage minority students to rise above this and prove to the institution that minorities on Western’s campus are better than this slanderous article.

Respectfully,
Tau Sigma Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.