September 2'3, '2015. | Issue 5, Volume 63 | thebluebanner.net
Bad publicity threatens Greek life nationwide
CHLOEBANKSON
Contributor
Some college students view
media coverage of controver
sies surrounding Greek life as
inaccurate. Sororities and fra
ternities around the country
have been accused of miscon
duct including racism, sexual
assault and hazing.
UNC Asheville Senior Ross
Adams said the stigma attached
to Greek life is different be
tween schools because of a lack
of diversity at some institutions.
“At Chapel Hill, there is a
problem with racism because
almost 75 percent of the stu
dents are white,” Adams said.
“When that happens it almost
becomes a cultural norm. The
diversity and stigma attached
to Greek Life depends on the
school.”
UNCA has four Greek life
chapters, two fraternities, and
two sororities, compared to
a UNC Chapel Hill report of
3,300 students involved in the
campus’ 56 chapters. Chapel
Hill officials said 18 percent
of the undergraduate class is
involved in Greek life on the
campus.
Adams said the stigma sur
rounding Greek life has become
worse because of the advance in
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social media.
“I think with social media
we are getting more of an inside
look at what happens in some
Greek life, and so it is easier
for news stories to gain traction
when everyone has a phone in
their hand. I do think things are
getting worse,” he said. “Al
though, I think our school is
getting more progressive, toler
ant and racially aware.”
Sigma Nu President Timothy
Daniel said Greek life receives
negative attention because it
makes a good story and sells
papers.
“I think the problem is they
use a small sample size to gen
eralize a large population, he
said. “It’s generalizing a very
large group of people.”
Jay Cutspec, the academic
adviser for Alpha Sigma Phi,
said Greek life makes the news
because of the media focus on
sexual assault.
“There is a national focus on
sexual assault on college cam
puses, and 1 think many times
the fraternity folks are involved
in that,” Cutspec said.
Cutspec said sexually sug
gestive signs hung by the Sig
ma Nu chapter at Old Dominion
University in Virginia hurt the
Biofeedback provides alternative
treatment to neurological disorders
CARSON WALL
Opinion/News Staff Writer
cwain@unca.edu
Biofeedback - An Alternative
Treatment to Neurological Dis
orders
As diagnosis rates for mental
disorders such as autism and
ADHD are continuing to rise,
alternative medical treatments
are becoming a popular method
to treat patients without medi
cation.
“I believe that all noninvasive
therapies and modalities should
be tried first, before reaching
for medications or other more
noninvasive treatments that
always, eventually, have side
effects,” said Dr. Jojo Yonce,
owner of Asheville Brain Train
ing, when explaining why he
believes biofeedback should be
at least tried, due to the treat
ment’s flexibility.
Biofeedback, Yonce said, is
a process in which the patient’s
brain is able to consciously be
come aware of bodily functions,
such as heart rate, and begin to
change them in response.
“Sensors applied to the train
ee’s scalp record the brain
waves, which are converted
into feedback signals by a hu
man/machine interface using
advanced comnuter software.”
said Dr. Ashley Stewart of the
Human Performance Institute
in Asheville.
Dr. Barry Sterman of UC-
Los Angeles discovered the
treatment in 1965, before other
doctors used it to treat seizures
in epileptic patients. The recent
increase in technology has al
lowed for more precise medical
equipment to be used, a point
Steward said was definitely a
strength in the field.
She said biofeedback can be
used as an alternative treatment,
but can also be used as a com
plementary method of treatment
alongside other methods such
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