story

I thought in the beginning the story about recruitment would be easy since I had already talked ot so many girls involved, but when I told them I was doing this for a class they no longer wanted to have their names used. Instead of so much going with numbers being low with recruitment, I took a differerent lead with why so many girls were deactivating or de-pledging.

I contacted Carol Preston the current Director of Greek Life right away, but after a few days of no response I contacted Casey Stevens. Casey got back to me right away and was very happy to meet with me. Still no response from Carol I asked Casey if she could get Carol involved with our meeting. Luckily, Casey was a great help as was Carol when I finally met with her. I guess trying to meet with the Director of Greek Life during recruitment was a bad idea!

more than just a note

"This is really wrong if we're going to live like this," Dr. McHugh said as tears streamed down her face. A terrible incident like this has affected the whole community of Wittenberg, but what are people doing about it? Many faculty are enraged by what has happened and felt it was necessary to devote class to bring awareness about this incident. Dr. McHugh not only shared her feelings with class as she became emotional, but she had students write out actions they wish to take to turn Witt into a better place. Is that really possible though? Will people change?

Many members of Wittenberg are only aware of the note that was left on the door in Tower Hall. However, it's been more than that. In Firestine, another note was left on an African American's door as well as in NewDorm above water fountains. It may have started out as a sick joke, but it turned serious very fast. Having Chapel hour is a great way to bring Witt together during a time like this, but what else will be done now? Is everyone just going to move on with hopes that people will change?

Hopefully, another incident won't happen like this, but this being the sixth incident this year that seems very unlikely. Every individual can help change this and bring the community together. It's terrible that something like this had to happen for us to realize this. So I ask, what's next?

is it really a big deal?

Is it a big deal that drugs are on Witt's campus? They are seen almost everywhere from movies, shows, magazines etc. It's almost given that they will be on a college campus when you have students partaking in the activities that we do. Almost every weekend when we're out drugs are being used-more so kids smoking weed. Is it a big deal? Not really. It's going to happen no matter where we are.

Other drugs are seen, but that too will happen. Some students believe that it's horrible and are shocked when walking into a room and you see kids doing a line of coke. If you really have a problem with it, don't return to that house. No need to report them. People are going to do what they want. If it's drugs, so be it. It's their lives!