Campus-wide email from Dr. Witt

Atlanta68
Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:03:37 +0000

As an alum, I do not think this fool represents the vast majority of the UA student body, but I do think there is a need to look at the culture of intolerance that is cultivated in SOME, but probably a minority of the Greek houses on campus. Some of these young men are rather insulated from the rest of the student body, and DO look down on others. I am for free speech, but a university needs to have standards, so I applaud Dr. Witt.

Certainly, if this student wants to act like a nasty fool, let him do it off campus, and certainly not in a subsidized Mansion (Frat House sits on subsidized land) in the heart of campus. Folks who are privileged enough to live in one of those beautiful old Greek houses need to understand that they have an even greater responsibility to represent the UA well, and to show kindness and respect to their fellow man. This is not the first time this has happened.

I don’t want folks to think this is a regular occurrence. I don’t think it is, at least not from my experience. But I know that for some reason, some of the lowlifes on campus have felt a certain confidence in yelling things from windows and porches of these grand houses that they would never say to someone’s face otherwise. Maybe it is the alcohol more than anything, but again, with greater privilige comes greater expectations.