Story mars fraternity

Dear IDS,\nIt was not a good day for our fraternity. We woke up Tuesday to find a headline article about a minor incident that occurred at our house. I cannot even begin to write how angry and enraged I am about this article. \nFirst off, it is very clear the incident was almost nothing. Your article even says it's nothing. It perfectly says everyone carded was over 21, no one was arrested, and people "looked drunk." This is not news! Even if you would put this article in, why is it on the front page in front of the article about a poor kid who attempted suicide? An event where cops visit a fraternity and realize nothing was wrong and leave is not a very exciting story and definitely not more important than the Ballantine incident. \nSecond, instead of writing about this incident, why not write about our outstanding philanthropy that went on that day? Why not write about the good we did for the community. We made over $1000 dollars that is going toward Riley Hospital! Sororities competed in fun, powder puff football and we made money for the kids at Riley. Instead though, you chose to write about this incident. \nOn Sept. 6, 1999, the IDS published an editorial on how they think they are not biased toward Greeks. This editorial was written after many complaints from the campus after the IDS posted an article about an incident that occurred at Delta Tau Delta. This article was, of course, posted during Rush. People complained about not writing about philanthropies and writing about incidents, instead. In response to this, the IDS wrote "Philanthropy doesn't make compelling journalism. Whether that is the way things should be is an entirely separate argument. But, you should honestly ask yourself which of those stories you would read first." If this is true, then why have philanthropies been appearing all over the front page of the IDS this month? It almost seems as if the IDS is narrow-minded on the subject, and attacks the Greek system. The IDS clearly states that writing about the bad of the Greek community is favored over the good of the Greeks.\nThird, this article is now giving our fraternity a bad reputation. Every student, faculty member and staff of Indiana University is now sure to read this article. The fact that it is on the front page, where events of major importance are shown, makes this incident look like a major deal. Some people probably think we are in large amount of trouble now, when, in fact nothing at all really happened that day. Cops visited, cops left, and nothing was going on.\nThe fourth question is the biggest I have. Why did you choose to write about this incident when it is clear in the IUPD blotter that other houses get people arrested at a time? I am not going to name names, but this just happened this week. Isn't an article about people getting arrested more interesting than cops arriving at a house for almost no reason at all? It is almost looks as if the IDS is biased toward our house. You didn't write about our philanthropy, and instead you wrote about a little incident that happened. On top of that, you don't do that to other houses. What have we done wrong?\nNow, instead of having a band play at our house today, we have to worry about this article, our reputation and all our worried friends of the house, who are afraid to come over now. Our fraternity has canceled its Little Five event today because of our new problem. Sorry if I come off strong, but I care so much for my house and I love it to death.\nThank you for your time.