In today's colleges and universities, campus organizations, clubs and associations exist seemingly for any taste one student can have. Yet with lures of comradery, philanthropy and secrecy plagued with accounts of sexual assault, hazing and alcohol abuse, one could say such organizations prove negative. Sororities and fraternities provide longstanding tradition yet,  do Greek systems still add value and should continue to exist on campuses? I am extremely interested in this topic as an active and happy member of a sorority, but like others, am disappointed in the negative light media sheds on the system. My exigence forces me to evaluate the true benefits of a conforming and heavily restrictive organization. I feel I am qualified to write about such a topic because I believe anyone can see the negative effects of the Greek system in press and current news yet takes someone optimistic to articulate the true positivity the system produces. 

Crowder, Courtney. "Sorority Hazing Increasingly Violent." ABC News. ABC News Network, 17 Feb. 2010.Web. 08 Feb. 2016.

Using first- hand accounts from initiated sorority sisters under the veil of anonymity, investigator Courtney Crowder exposes the increasingly vicious life of sororities and their hazing to new pledge members. Citing research from University of Maine, Hazing Hotline and Cornell, Crowder utilizes national statistics to back her claim of the increasing threat to girls at a vulnerable stage. At stake lies the emotional and physical health of hundreds of thousands of women who participate in recruitment each year. I believe Crowder is a credible source because she as an investigative reporter for ABC requires several stages of fact checking before a piece can be published. The credibility of ABC is put on the line for each individual reporter so thorough stages of checks must be performed. 

Korry, Elaine. "A Fraternity Hazing Gone Wrong." NPR. NPR, 14 Nov. 2005. Web. 08 Feb. 2016.

Providing chilling stories of men dying from strenuous activity combined with copious drugs and alcohol, Elaine Korry explains how fraternity systems should no longer exist and has crumbled families in their path. Citing reports from several county courtrooms, many active fraternity brothers seem to deny any accounts of forced participation and indescribable deaths via drinking. The lives and wellbeing's of many men are at stake due to the rising death numbers and increasing of dangerous tasks associated with hazing. Motives remained unknown even after pressing interrogations with the alleged hazing brothers. Elaine Korry is a credible source becoming a fellow in social policy and education serving as a main contributor for NPR and has written numerable exposing pieces that proved credible through NPR. 

Sargent, Jordan. "Fraternities and Sororities: Still Hazing!" Gawker. Gawker, 27 Jan. 2016. Web.08 Feb. 2016.

Questioning the credibility of the national organizations themselves, Sargent claims that the large national bodies that govern individual sororities and fraternities are corrupt themselves. Using anonymous interviews with national officials from unnamed sororities, Sargent exposes the leniency in which chapters are given when alcohol abuse and hazing allegations arise. Although acknowledging the large sums of money Greek life contributes each year, she also uses data in which exposes how much any one school could profit from Greek contributions. She claims that if these organizations were lost, millions would disappear from school funding, athletics and even administration paychecks. As a freelance reporter with an emphasis on investigative work, she is a somewhat credible source. I believe many of her facts could be misconstrued and her quotes out of context in order to draw more attention to her article.  

I believe my exigence is arguable because of how many compromises one could make and the premise of the situation. Once someone has full understanding of Greek life, one could argue to abolish or increase it, depending on the presented information. Although many sources I found largely disprove of the Greek system and highlight its tragedies, all of the writers have had no participation in Greek life themselves. I agree with many of the facts they state but I do not find any acknowledgment of the good the system can do. For me it discredits some of their arguments and further they cite no possible solution to the issues they draw upon. In order to address such a broad and national topic in so little words I will have to specify the avenue of which problem in Greek life is the largest such as hazing. 
