It’s almost comical how some things can be so easily misconstrued.
The notorious creator of the infamous LSUGreeksThatMatter.blogspot.com has been revealed, according to videos that surfaced on the Bamagreeksthatmatter website.
Biological sciences freshman Olivia Angelette has been exposed as the creator of the controversial site as it highlighted “Greeks that mattered” within the LSU community, segregating organizations upon biased, superficial material. Although Angelette claims to have made the website in said videos, her laptop came back clean to the Delta Zeta sorority Standards Board. She has still been removed from the chapter’s active roster.
The Daily Reveille reported on it when the site first launched, and it rang clear that students believed there was an invasion of privacy for Greeks in the LSU community.
As the site posted the links to the “Greeks that Matter” personal Facebook accounts, it was apparent why these students felt somewhat threatened and helpless in the situation.
In the two videos posted to the Bamagreeksthatmatter page, Angelette clearly portrayed no remorse for her actions and furthermore continued to make a slew of irrational and obtuse comments, highlighting her lack of concern toward the subject matter.
In one video, she claimed she believes “that hazing is an essential part of manhood,” and she “hazed SAEs in the fall.”
Since the videos surfaced, the Delta Zeta sorority’s Standards Board has removed Angelette from the roster and has worked diligently to remove any negative stigma this act could associate with its name.
That got me thinking.
How is it that the actions of one individual can affect so many other individuals on such a large scale without having any regards to doing so?
Because the turmoil that not only the Delta Zeta sorority faces, but the Greek community as well, is undeserved and unfair, as they will be critically evaluated by the posts on a website ran more or less, by one woman.
And upon pondering the subject, one can only assume viewers of the site will rationalize and comprehend the fact that this message does not resound through the Delta Zeta sorority as a whole.
It would be utterly ludicrous to believe an organization would condone these thoughts or support this type of morale, but then again, one can only hope the situation can be perceived in this light.
The choices one person made behind a computer screen will be magnified to an extent that, yet again, brings others into the equation.
But that was the point of the website, right?
Bundling people into hierarchies among their peers, putting them on an unwarranted pedestal without taking the initiative to consult said students on whether this was OK with them.
I am sure the repercussions are not OK with the students who are undeservingly facing the music one individual thrust upon them.
So I ask you to think twice before you scoff and point a finger, remembering that you too could be the victim of something out of your control and to hope a fellow LSU student may learn from her mistakes and grow to be a better person from the lessons she will learn.
