Okay so the movie IS better than the book. :)

It wouldn't be copyright infringement. Putting a real institution, whether a GLO, a university, or a chain restaurant, into a fictional story the way we've discussed on the thread is fair use. They are famous parts of our world, and you're allowed to talk about them in your fiction.

In contexts where using the real name is not OK (like labeling a product), using a nickname won't help you. You can't call your publishing company "The UCLA Press" and then argue that it stands for the University of Candles at Los Alamos. We know what you meant.

Re Anne Rivers Siddons and main characters...the best friend in "Heartbreak Hotel" is called a Pi Beta Phi by name, even though she was certainly breaking all kinds of standards that would have been in place in Alabama in the 1950's.

Yeah, but ultimately she's presented in a positive light. I'm thinking of the nutjob from Outer Banks who tried to kill the other girls, LOL.

Yes - many of the ADAs mention that they went to Columbia, Abby went to Texas, but the crimes always occur at fictional Hudson.

In "Brokeback Mountain" they refer to two of the women as a Kappa Phi and Tri-Delt.

Paris Geller attended a Sigma Chi party last night on the Gilmore Girls.

What she said!

Craig T. Nelson is not a Beta.

I saw that and thought of this thread :D

Lucy Lui (a Chi Omega alumn) was on "Ugly Betty" last night. The back story is that Daniel stood her up in college. He was supposed to take her to a Sigma Phi party.

They had the TW episode on the other night.

My mom said "Aren't they missing a letter? Greeks are supposed to have 3 letters".

No, mom.:rolleyes: ;)

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Apparently Anne Hathaway's character in Bride Wars is a Delta Gamma.

Joyce Carol Oates (a Phi Mu) writes about several sororities in her books. In fact one of her books is about a girl who joins a sorority. Off hand I know she has mentioned Tri Delta, Chi Omega, and Kappa Alpha Theta.

Yeppers. Just saw the movie a few weeks ago. Though, it's only mentioned once at the very beginning. I got the impression, though, that both girls were members. Being that they had been BFFs since they were knee high to a grasshopper.