Headline about Greek life misrepresented situation

TO THE EDITOR:

The headline of a front page article on Greek-University relations sensationally claimed of rising tensions among the two groups. (“Tensions Rising,” Sept. 2)

The article itself however gave no evidence, statistical or anecdotal, that the tensions were in fact rising.

A more accurate headline would have been “Tensions Exist,” however, this is a statement so obvious one wonders how it crosses the threshold of newsworthiness. As the spectre of multi-million dollar budget cuts looms large over the University, one imagines that tensions would exist between the administration and every single department and interest.

That Sigma Nu, a fraternity that has no tensions with anyone and a recent history untainted by scandal, was chosen to symbolize these tensions further demonstrates how clueless and careless about ethics and facts The Daily Tar Heel newsroom actually is.

The DTH must make up its mind as to whether it aims to retain its status as the nation’s premier student newspaper or become a yellow tabloid. Its recent journalistic ethics show a strong move toward the later.


David Alexandre
Junior
History