How little things change...
From the Winter 1975 Phi Kappa Psi Shield
Because of a recent tragedy at Monmouth and the resulting news coverage, Alex De Noble wrote the following letter to the news media. It is re-printed here for your interest. "Dear Media: In reference to your recent coverage of the pledging incident here at Monmouth College, I, as a concerned student and member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, want you people to know my reactions. I must say, your coverage was certainly sensational! You made it seem as though William Flowers was intentionally made the victim of foul play because of his race; you made it seem that the entire function of a fraternity is to haze pledges; and you made it seem that fraternities are worthless organizations. In light of all this, I am calling on you to take stock of yourselves, just as you are calling on us, the fraternities, to take stock of ourselves, and evaluate what you have done. Where is the justice here? A terrible tragedy happened in one of our fraternities and right away you people invade us with cameramen and reporters and television equipment. It appears to me that you people thrive on such news items. But I openly ask you: Where are your cameras and reporters when Zeta Beta Tau runs its annual dance marathon for cancer, or when Alpha Phi Omega runs its blood drives, or when Phi Kappa Psi runs its canned food drives for Thanksgiving and party in the hospital wards for Christmas? I know that you will probably read this letter and soon after, discard it. But if you have any sense of decency and fair play, you will publish it, or read it over your stations and let the public know that there are two sides to every coin. In looking back on this past week, I've reassessed my opinion of the media. Maybe there was something behind Agnew's statement concerning media sensationalism. Yes, we must have freedom of the press, but that freedom does not give the press the right to warp public opinion." ARTHUR KLEHM, Correspondent |
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