College Sororities: Rebuttal of Evan Wright’s Article, Sister Act Essa

College Sororities Rebuttal of Evan Wrights Article, Sister ActWalking around a universitys campus any day of the week, one sees an multitude of classical letters worn proudly by young men and women in the Greek system. Fraternities and sororities play a big part in a university. The Greek system can also be an comfy target to direct criticism. There are those who oppose the Greek system and those who embrace it. Evan Wright opposes the Greek system in his article Sister Act that was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. He uses examples from students at Ohio State University in Columbus to order his disapproval of the way sororities are now days. He portrays sorority girls as catty conformists who are obsessed with partying with fraternity guys. Evan Wrights insubstantial claim is full of half-truths in reference to alcohol consumption, conformity, and the purpose of sororities therefore, his critical position that sororities are corrupt is not credible.Wrights assumption that so rorities are corrupt because of alcohol consumption is blemished since he fails to look at college students as a whole. Wright ends his article with a glimpse of Reggaefest hosted by Sigma Kappa which is considering the last big blowout of the year before exams and the valedictory of another graduating class (557). In displaying the intoxicating students at the party, Wright entices the reader to look down on the chaotic drinking, but he fails to realize that other students outdoor(a) of the Greek organization are probably partying and drinking for the same reason. Anyone is college has access to alcohol in some way or another. If students really want to drink, they go away find a way. He points his finger at the Greek system, probably the largest groups on ca... ...contributions to the college and community instead of being single out because they are an easy target. Works Cited Delta Sigma Theta and DREF Implement SEE. National Science Foundation. 2004. 6 October 2004. . Greek Affairs. Student Affairs University of Buffalo. 21 June 2002. 6 October 2004. . Philanthropy. University of Florida Chi Omega Sorority. 6 October 2004. . Shalala, Donna E. U.S. Department of wellness and Human Services. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol Alert No.29. July 1995. 6 October 2004. . The Greek frame. University of Massachusetts. 2000. 6 October 2004. . Whats the Rush? Greek System 101. The Princeton Review. 6 October 2004. . Wright, Evan. Sister Act. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments. Ed. Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer. New York Pearson Education, 2004. 550-559.