Originally Posted by Elephant Walk (Post 1633524)

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL (Post 1664031)

I would like to point out that in addition to ppl being credited as "Phi Mu" girl in the cast listing. They also have "Kappa Sig" guy. "Alpha Chi Rho" guy and "Sigma Pi" guy. So...yeah.

Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1664146)

:eek::eek::eek:


This one put me over the top so I decided to see where the girls who wrote it went to school - one went to NYU & Occidental, the other went to James Madison U.

Originally Posted by TorrentRain (Post 1664278)

theres another movie called College coming out in Aug 2008 with the supposedly fictional "Beta Phi Tau" ... but I looked online and theres a small greek org called Tau Phi Beta .. which means producers just flipped the greek letters around.

Originally Posted by TorrentRain (Post 1664278)

theres another movie called College coming out in Aug 2008 with the supposedly fictional "Beta Phi Tau" ... but I looked online and theres a small greek org called Tau Phi Beta .. which means producers just flipped the greek letters around.

Originally Posted by FSUZeta (Post 1663514)

the problem is that zta and phi mu are nationally known, within the greek community. there are a heck of a lot more non-greeks than greeks, who have no idea the names of sororities, what they stand for, that they have philanthrophies they work hard to support, and images/reputations they try hard to keep untarnished.

it does bother me that zeta alpha zeta goes by "zeta" in the movie, that they have "zeta" above their door, and that the "e" conveniently falls off the house, leaving the letters "z t a", in turquiose, up. add to the fact that the movie phi mu's are linked with pink, and the argument that this is all just coincidence starts to pale.

its not very difficult to research national sororities and fraternities. we tell pnms to do this all the time, but we can cut a huge movie studio some slack, because it would be too hard, or take too long? it would take one person an hour or less to make sure these coincidences don't happen, by doing a little research.

so, those of you non-zetas, please don't discount our feelings when we share them with you. you might feel differently if your organizations nickname, colors and what not had coincidentally turned up in a movie.

Originally Posted by ZTAMich (Post 1663351)

Official Statement by Zeta Tau Alpha is here.
Statement on "The House Bunny"


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2008

Zeta Tau Alpha denounces “The House Bunny” movie


INDIANAPOLIS—Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity for women expresses dismay that Columbia Pictures and Happy Madison Productions will release in August the feature film, “The House Bunny.”

This movie depicts a sorority called “Zeta Alpha Zeta” and refers to its members as “Zetas” and its facility as the “Zeta House.” The chapter house shown in the movie has the word “ZETA” above the door in turquoise, one of the official colors of the Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity.

The Fraternity is the exclusive owner of the registered trademarks Zeta Tau Alpha and the Greek letters ZTA, and has been consistently using the term Zeta and Zetas to conduct business for nearly 100 years. The Fraternity believes that the use of “ZETA” in the film is improper and confusingly similar to ZTA. Zeta Tau Alpha is working with legal counsel to explore its options.

“We regret that the production and distribution companies have chosen to release a movie that portrays collegiate fraternity and sorority life in an offensive and inaccurate manner,” said Zeta Tau Alpha National President Laura Ladewig Mauro. “We have written a letter of protest to both companies but have received no response.”

Zeta Tau Alpha was founded in 1898 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Va., and has 148 active collegiate chapters and more than 195,000 members worldwide. A member of the National Panhellenic Conference of Greek women’s organizations, ZTA develops members’ leadership, academic and service skills and supports breast cancer education and awareness as its national philanthropy.

Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1676619)

Ridiculous.