+1 to both. Very different interpretations, equally hilarious. And I'm with you, Old Row, I'd sign up for a study abroad right quick.

I think all of my sisters here are going to want to shake me, but I found the letter hilarious, and I'm fairly certain every curse word that came out of the letter writers fingers has also come out of my mouth at some point in time or another. Mostly at work. It sucks for the letter writer that someone made it public. A valuable lesson learned. Once it's on the internet, assume that it will be there forever and everyone will see it. Something I've unfortunately had to help some other young ladies realize lately.

So, if she would have used the King's English to basically say the same thing (i.e. that all her sisters were dull people who by their own admission needed alcohol to be sociable, who did a crappy job of participating in activities thereby giving the chapter a bad reputation, and that it's very important to make nice with what I assume is a popular fraternity) that would be totally OK, right?

Someone who commented on the DG Facebook page got it SPOT ON when she said that the main problem is not this email. It's a campus culture that measures the popularity of the sororities by who they "pair" with. I know that's true to some degree for all schools, but at some far more than others.

I was hoping this was some crazy catfish/fake kind of thing. The twitter screen shots, DG confirming. What a mess. Sometimes I think anybody under the age of 25 shouldn't have access to twitter or other social media because they say too damn many stupid things that they think are funny but aren't. Is common sense even in their vocabulary?

I thought the email was funny. It's crazy how GLO IHQ's have to step in for even the slightest online "PR disaster" these days because of FB and twitter... I'm sure they miss the old days where they only had to do damage control in extreme cases.

As an advisor, I miss the good ole days of no Facebook and no Twitter! :)

As an advisor, I agree. As a mother, I have an irrational hope that social media will completely lose the cool factor by the time my child is a teenager. (It probably will, but will be replaced by something even worse, like instant mind readings posted in real time online.)

I am on the fence about this. Does anyone have a picture of this feisty young broad? Her looks will determine if I will praise her or judge her.

She kinda looks like Justine Bateman and Lou Diamond Philips reproduced. :)

I'm going to side with Deranged Sorority Girl on one point, and it goes both ways - sorority to fraternity/fraternity to sorority.

If you are teamed up with a group during an activity(Homecoming, Greek Week, Step Sing, etc), it is extremely rude of you to talk about all the things you do with another group of the same gender as your teammates. If you are in Omega Chi Delta fraternity, teamed up with Gamma Psi sorority, do not spend a lot of time talking about how much fun you have hanging out with Zeta Beta Zeta sorority. Likewise, Gamma Psi members should not be telling Omega Chi members all about how they love hanging out at the Kappa Tau Gamma fraternity house.

It's rude to the members of the group you are teamed with. Plain and simple.

It's one thing if the other org comes up in natural conversation: "Yeah, we had a drop in at the KT house last Wednesday. What about y'all?" "Oh, the ZBZs came over for a pledge swap that night." or, "You're an engineering major? So's my boyfriend. Do you know Rusty? He's a KT." "Oh, yeah, he's cool. Isn't his sister president of the ZBZs?"

But, to stand in front of members of other groups and talk about how you wish you were at another house? Rude.

You might be teamed with the "lowest tier" chapter on campus. Guess what, especially among fraternities that seem to ebb and flow on the popularity scale, that chapter may end up being one of the most popular in a few years and the members may have long memories.

I agree. This is no different from, like, being at a party with one group of friends and telling them you are leaving to go to a better party.

The same goes for fraternities. In what world are you not judged by the company you keep? What's wrong with that?

Besides, that's not what this is about at all. This message wasn't about hanging out with Sigma Nu, this was about working with the fraternity you're paired with for Greek Week. I'm not sure how it is at UMD, but in other places, if not most other places, the selections are more-less random or based on the size of the house and not based upon the preference of the members.

LOL! I love how I can always count on you to make me laugh :)

First, love the Greek references!

Second, I agree with the thought of encouraging participation and not being rude to the group your group is paired with, regardless of tier. You will never regret using good manners and treating others with kindness. However, being rude in order to encourage said participation and manners, probably not the best way to go.