This article briefly refers to an event that occurred at Presbyterian College, my alma mater, when a fraternity led a pro-Confederacy chant on campus. It also links to an article covering the incident in PC& #39;s student newspaper. (1/X) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/us/kappa-alpha-robert-e-lee.html?smid=tw-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/1...

The article in @PCBlueStocking received some flack at the time it was published, for various reasons. But I know it was hard one for the reporter to get out at all. I graduated several years before this article was published, but I know the writer who fought to get this news out.

It can often feel as a student journalist that the words you& #39;re putting out are futile and will be quickly forgotten. That is not the case. The actions of one fraternity chapter at a tiny college in SC was part of the fabric of a national story.

If a reporter @PCBlueStocking hadn& #39;t documented the events at our campus, a notable piece of a national story about racism and the culture of one of the country& #39;s oldest and most powerful fraternities would have been missing.

TLDR; student journalism is important—even if you& #39;re at a small school, even if you feel like nobody cares. It& #39;s important.