Lack of coverage of step show is very disrespectful

TO THE EDITOR:

I am writing in regards to the National Panhellenic Council step show that took place this past Friday at Memorial Hall.

Eight Greek organizations of the “Divine Nine,” or the nine historically black fraternities and sororities — five of the chapters from UNC — dazzled the audience in a spectacular show of elaborate steps.

Monday’s issue of The Daily Tar Heel had no coverage whatsoever of this event. I find that abhorrent.

It is one of Homecoming’s largest events, second only to the football game, uniting alumni and students to celebrate the hard work that these students have put into this competition.

Moreover, myself being of European descent, I found the treatment of the event’s black patronage to be even more obnoxious than the DTH’s lack of publicity.

Signs outside of Memorial Hall read, “No Food. No Weapons.” People were patted down and bags were searched upon entry. I was not patted down.

As well, more than 20 police officers worked inside and outside the step show.

I would say that I have attended almost 30 events at this particular venue, many of them high profile, yet I never witnessed this amount of security, if any, being put into them.

They were events that catered, possibly, more so to European-descended patronage.



John Mundell
Senior
Spanish, Latin American Studies