Once again, greek and sports grades from Spring 2006 have come in on a positive note, with several organizations showing significant improvements over Fall 2005. Still, there are several organizations lagging behind.

But we applaud those organizations who are committed to academics and realize there is life beyond the fraternity house and playing field.

Many wonder just why we even report Greek and sports grades in the first place. But there’s good reason for putting these organizations under the microscope. Greeks and sports teams are ambassadors for the university, from performing philanthropic works to bringing glory to the Skyhawks. Therefore, they are held to higher standards, bringing every action under scrutiny.

On the whole, Greeks and sports teams live up to their higher standards. Last semester, most fraternities, sororities and sports teams exceeded the general student average, though there is still room for improvement with some.

But why are only Greeks and sports teams’ GPA’s disclosed? There are many organizations serving as ambassadors for the university that should be held up to the same standard as our sports teams and Greeks.

It is unfair to criticize or applaud our Skyhawk teams or our Greek-letter organizations without holding other organizations’ members to the same standard.

Student Government Association leadership preaches the benefits of “getting involved” in student organizations, but with such notoriety also comes responsibility.

We advocate the full disclosure of grades for all student organizations, from Student Government all the way to the staff of this publication.

While Greek and sports members should be scrutinized for their academics, we expect other student organizations to release their grades as well.

For the sake of full disclosure, The Pacer staff scored a 3.41 GPA last semester.