Kantz Research

What is fact and what is twisted fact? While pursuing to create an argument out of the research I have been doing for this past quarter on the history of Greek life at Santa Clara University and what the student body’s attitude towards Greek life not being affiliated with the school, it is interesting to dive into research pertaining to other institutions Greek life. It is truly difficult at times to determine which portions of these Greek life sources are actually relaying all of the truth. As Kantz points out in her article, “Helping students use textual sources persuasively”, there are pros and cons to every source. This was intriguing because as I have been doing my own research and reading these sources, there are pros and cons to both sides of the conversation I am entering. As being a part of Greek life at SCU, I believe I fall on a bias that Greek life is a pro for college students while plenty of others disagree. The articles I have found so far analyze multiple perspective arguments when it comes to the pros and cons of Greek life such as one’s academic performance and one’s benefit to society. However, as Kantz highlights that students at times interpret these sources to be the truth, in the sense that every detail is included in what they are reading, is something I have definitely run into. For example, I have read one article claiming from a study that Greek life has a lower academic performance than those not, while another claims the exact opposite. These nitty gritty details I must narrow down and figure out which is fact and which is fiction in order to truly enter the conversation of Greek life’s pros and cons effectively.

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