As a Greek community, we would like to take time to shine some positive light onto what we do for the Platteville community and UW-Platteville. Everyone knows that there are negative stereotypes about Greeks, but we are working hard to transform our image to better reflect ourselves and the virtues for which we stand. We have grown frustrated with the overabundance of attention on rarely-made poor decisions by a few people that reflect poorly upon the entire community.

One thing that is greatly overlooked is how much the Greek community contributes to the city of Platteville and the UW-P campus. For example, Zeta Beta Chi recently raised $1,880 for the homeless during their Homeless-A-Thon. This semester the Greek community has worked with Habitat for Humanity, the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, the United Foundation for Disabled Archers, Heartland Health Care Center, Grant County Family Fun Night, Boy Scouts with Special Needs, Adopt-a-Highway, the Platteville Jaycees, Family Advocates, Orchard Manor, Wisconsin Badger Camp, Heartstrings and other local groups and organizations.

Along with helping these organizations, we are also actively involved with Homecoming. Many Greek organizations sponsor and participate in events during that week. We also stay connected with our alumni, which helps build a sense of pride in UW-P and encourages current students to stay connected with the campus after graduation. In addition, most organizations have a social component. We are a close-knit community and enjoy meeting and spending time with people from different organizations. We take pride in our Greek family and if one of us hurts, we all hurt.

We would like to challenge each and every one of you to get to know people in the Greek community and learn more about what we stand for. It would be nice for people to see the good things we do on the front of the paper once in a while.

The Greek Community
Written by Courtney Wiegel
and Emily Niebuhr, members
of Kappa Alpha Sigma