My name is Hanna Terhaar, and I am a sophomore legal studies major and a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. I am writing to express my utter disgust in the choice your publication made to run the “Gyrating Hag” comics (Sept. 11 and Oct. 1) at the beginning and end of this month.
While it appalls me that you deemed the first comic appropriate, what infuriates me even further is the fact that, after receiving a completely warranted and appropriate letter from the Panhellenic Association, you chose to run a second comic responding to the letter in an immature and insensitive way. The attacks made on the Greek system by your comic strip are not only unfounded and misguided, but also childish and crude. The fact that you chose to attack a group of student leaders who actively work to improve not only this campus but also the wider Madison community is frankly nauseating.
Furthermore, the accusations you put forth of homophobia in the Greek community are ludicrous, as your writer founded these accusations upon the fact that we recently added a GLBT chapter to our campus.
I am exceedingly proud to be a member of the Greek community here at the University of Wisconsin, but due to the choices that have been made at The Herald, I am equally ashamed to have your writers and editors as fellow classmates. I can guarantee you that I will never touch a copy of your newspaper again as long as I am on campus, and I will certainly encourage others to do the same.
Hanna Terhaar
UW sophomore, legal studies
