new season of sorority life
 

I'm excited that the new season of MTV's Sorority Life features a minority sorority, but when are they going to feature black greeks? I would love to see a BGLO on MTV, but I think we all realize this would likely never happen.

Re: new season of sorority life
 

Will never happen, unless it is a local. NPHC (and for that matter, NPC/NIC) governing bodies don't want us being exposed like that.

Well at least its not just because MTV is not interested, which is why I thought they never had a season with black greeks, oh well.

This time around MTV will feature a multicultural sorority. I saw a picture and every shade of the rainbow is represented. Let's see how they act in front of the cameras . . . .

On another note, why do Sorority and Fraternity Life always feature the membership process during their seasons? Why not focus on the actual experience of being a member and forming relationships with your sisters or brothers? I guess that would be too much like original.

I hope they are not like the multicultural sororities we had or it will be DISASTER.

Anyone see the commercial? they have the black pledge knocking the heck outta the asian girl with a pillow. And boy does she look serious.

I haven't seen the commercials yet, but I'm excited about this new season. However...lovelyivy84 brings up a point...because most MCGLO groups I've seen, have a process similar to NPHC...so we'll see.

Unfortunately (and after watching the other two seasons religiously) that's when the drama is--during the pledge process. It sounds mean but nobody cares about how being a member is from day to day. I wish they would show a little about that, but again, that's not where the "excitement" is.

I'm also looking forward to watching "Fraternity Life" as well!

I'm CTHU at their pledge mom because she reminds me of some members I met while on campus. I was thinking that it was about time someone didn't "play nice" for the cameras.

I was thinking the same thing. MCGLO and NPHC have very similar processes. WE each stress discretion. So why is Zeta Sigma Phi putting all their business out there?:eek: :confused:

From what I have seen (and this is a generalization) many West coast LGLOs and MCGLOs are more similar to NIC/NPC organizations, while the Midwestern and Eastern LGLOs and MCGLOs are more similar to NPHC organizations.

I didn't see the show, though.

From what I saw ont he show their process is more NPC than NPHC

*dodging that bad press bullet*

I actually like the way they seem to do things. THe sisters seemed down to earth and sensible so far, in the few minutes of the show I caught.

The pledges have to get 2003 points to become actives. They get points by interacting with actives and answering questions about the sorority. So far the only "hazing" shown was a pledge making breakfast for a sister.

I give them a thumbs up so far, unless I missed something huge and awful in the first 15 minutes that I missed.

This show is a HOT mess. Why do sororities want to go on Sorority Life???

When did the show start? I missed it already??

Really? What happened? I only caught like 10 minutes of it in the middle.

Good assessment. I know little about NPC, even though I went to USC (back in the 1980s), but I think what we saw of this group doesn't resemble NPHC orgs.

Sensuret -- Multi-cultural orgs. weren't really around when I was in school. But I have a feeling that your assessment is on point. I would think that East Coast MCGLOs would look more like us, because perhaps black Latinos were more involved in the founding and establishment? Just a theory.
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this season will be interesting, i'll watch it. i agree, their process is not like an NPHC one. the only similarity i saw was pledge-mom (i think that was her title) in the sorority jacket. that Sister, i forgot her name, reminded me of the school marm from Little House on the Prairie and Coral/RWNYC2 (i thought that last night). the glasses have got to go.
overall, i'm not feeling this sorority, personally, and the pledges, they seem okay. perhaps they're there for the sorority and not to be on MTV (i'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt). but Sharifa and Meena, will they last? we'll see...
did anyone catch FL2? it was like ANIMAL HOUSE 2003. even the president looked like one of the guys in the movie (if you've seen the movie, you might know who i'm referring to). they were not impressive, too much liquor and it looks like not enough community service:p also, was it me or did one of the Rushees look like Kenan/Kel (i don't know who's who)?

She could easily pass for Coral's sister. She's a little tore up looking though and I always thought Coral was really pretty.

This is going to be a good season. I think we will see a lot of similarities to our NPHC orgs. Meena is interesting. She made an interesting comment about how she's a senior and she knows lots of people in black orgs who pledge as seniors. It leads me to think that she picked this org just because they're on MTV.

On another note...Fraternity Life was filmed at UC Santa Cruz, which is up the road from us here in Monterey. I'm up there alot with our undergrads, so I'm looking forward to getting the scoop on that.

I was thinking Animal House also. The Philippino mixed guy looked like Kenan/Kel.

It seems like the fraternity does a whole lot of drinking and not too much community service.

To me, they seem like a bunch of Big Tool McFools. At least the girls seem interesting. But I still believe that what we're going to see looks more NPC than NPHC.

This statement had me thinking the same thing.:confused:

I think it all depends on which group it is. I think many of the west-coast founded groups aren't so "out there" with their processes. In fact, you usually don't know anything is going on at all. I've seen more "outward" signs of pledging from the east-coast founded organizations.

A little spoiler about Fraternity Life....DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!!.............


I was up at UC Santa Cruz yesterday helping our undergrad chapter with their interest table at the school's student organization festival. The fraternity that is featured on this season of Frat Life was not there - - and will not be returning to campus - - ever! A few of the members were there at the festival and they handed out stuff, but the chapter itself is no longer recognized by the school.

Since I'm not watching this show, the spoiler doesn't bug me. And I'm not surprised about their subrosa status. Remember, these are the same Big Tool McFools who stole a koi.:rolleyes:

I just saw on MTV that the reason they were kicked off campus is because some of the brothers stole a coy fish (the Japanese ones that are really expensive) from a campus pond, cooked it, and made the pledges eat it.

ok, and the point of him doing that was... what? :rolleyes:

If you go to MTV.com and look up the pledges, Meena doesnt have a page..all you get is a flip book when you click her name.. hmmm..

WHY did she leave the FIRST meeting early?
WHY was the one chick 30 mins late for move in, and didnt call anyone?
WHY am I addicted to this show? lol HELLLP!!!!
I wont be watching Frat life, though. No need for me to see "typical" (ie, drinking) frat behavior..... :rolleyes:

WHY is Meena even pledging? That's the biggest "why" I have at the moment.

The other chick was Sharifa (the girl who came in 30 minutes late)...I need for her to call somebody if she'll be late. She was right there when the DP said, "7:00 SHARP" Better yet can you be there at 7:00 like you were asked to.

That pledge mom does look like Coral. Anyway, is Meena the one on three diff. dance teams? Why? I understand you like dance, but THREE dance teams and softball and pledging??! Everybody ain't able!!

WTH??
 

Meena has to be there ONLY for MTV!!! I mean "This is not a priority, I'm making time for it." was way over the top. Why in the HELL are you even there?:rolleyes:

There are all kinds of spoilers on the website listed below. Do not click if you don't want to know some dish . . .

click here for fraternity life spoilers

There are also spoilers on the website for Sorority Life III.

click here for Sorority Life spoilers

In addition to spoilers, in the links section, there are links to all kinds of articles from the different school and local papers. I found the website in the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. forum several weeks ago.

Meena is extremely irritating. She's definitely there for MTV and somebody needs to check her. Michelle seems like she's spoiled and used to having her way, which will probably cause some drama.

On fraternity life, DOC is making themselves look like the typical drunken fraternity. The one-hand-on-balls salute is ridiculous.

I agree about Meena. As a former "pledge mom" :D uh....Meena and I would have to have a talk. She is doing entirely too much and for her to add to it, say "this isn't a priority" is crazy. She's very irritating and she probably won't make it.

Michelle...she had no business being the pledge captain. She's a freshman, my goodness...but because she doesn't really have any leadership experience (plus she is spoiled) she won't do well.

Other stuff that bothered me:

They apparently cannot write out the words Zeta Sigma Phi, but they can wear a shirt with the words on it.

Uh, "neophyte meeting"? I thought you were considered a neo AFTER the process was completed? :confused:

I'm not even gonna go there about FL:3. If you blindfold people and try to lead them down a cliff with a 150-foot drop...something is wrong!! And that "hand on your junk" salute. Why??

for SL3, the midnight meetings are too much, that is hazing. i see grades dropping for all the members...
for FL3, Kenan/Kel's voice is annoying. i want him to clear his throat or something. as for the salute w/the emphasis on genitalia, i hope everyone who saw the episode and sees those guys in public will avoid their hands:eek:

I agree. It is not like she is flat-out ugly, but there is something weird about her appearance.

I think we can all agree that Meena is pretty much only there for MTV. I think she is trying to get "discovered" like some of the former cast members of "The Real World" were.

These girls are "watered down", I was expecting them to be similar to an NPHC org, but they're not.

Yeah, I am not feeling Meena, but ......(trying not to reveal what happens, thanks to www.doublesweetie.com).

So far, I like the show, as far as reality shows go.

This was a good show, but I had some issues/questions about a couple of things. Firstly, why are there only six (6) pledgees living in the house, when there are sixteen (16) pledgees? If they're promoting "sisterhood", shouldn't all of them live in the same house?

Secondly, from paying close attention to Meena, it seems as though she probably tried pledging a sorority in the Divine Nine, and didn't quite make it. Did you all here her say she just came from an Alpha Party? I was thinkin' what are her real intentions.

We shall find out...

I don't know if Meena tried pledging a D_9 at my USC. :D But there have been some spoilers about what might happen to her...

MTV always has 6 pledges living in the pledge house. As to why, I don't know. I think that all the pledges should live together also. It was an issue among the pledges on SL1, that's when they decided to have ALL the pledges stay the weekend at the pledge house (which turned bad by the end of the weekend).

I did hear her say that she came from an Alpha party. Perhaps Meena did want to pledge a D9 sorority. However, with her "perceived" outlook on sororities, it's probably better that she didn't.

Thanks for the FYI!

Michelle has serious issues! I can't believe she's so selfish and can't ever see that she's wrong. They need to handle that big time.

I personally wanted to smack her last night! She is obviously spoiled and needs to learn that sharing is an important part of GROWING UP !! But didn't we learn that in Kindergarden?:confused: