Class Readings and Purdue

Many of the things discussed in this week’s class reading were very shocking to me. In particular, the songs created by men in the U.S. Naval Academy and the description of the group fraternity rapes of women. What shocked me more about the songs, that were created to dehumanize women, is that I would expect men from the Naval Academy to be of a higher standard than what is portrayed by those songs. I think most people would expect shady situations and activities to take place on any normal college campus. When talking about Purdue I do believe that some of these things are prevalent. There have been numerous stories of fraternities being put on probation or kicked off campus for doing certain inappropriate activities. Also, as I mentioned in class, there is at least one fraternity on campus that has songs similar to the ones mentioned in this article. In the class discussion today people mentioned instances involving the KKK on Purdue’s campus but before that I had not heard of any racial conflicts or concerns that have happened here. In a way Purdue has to promote a certain level of diversity; seeing as how they are one of the most internationally diverse campuses. However, when you walk down the street there are most definitely more white students than there are black students. I do believe that this university can do a much better job of promoting diversity among its students.