The Chi Psi guys in Borat
 

Not that I believe EVERY Chi Psi brother out there is an identical, carbon copy of the guys in the movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"....I'm just wondering though...if their inter/national office signed a release for their fraternity's name to be used.
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man those were a bunch of tools... poor representation a fraternity life in the south.

What chapter was it?

South Carolina

I saw this movie this evening and I must say those guys were a bunch of idiots. :p

Please Lord let it not be USC-Columbia. I can accept USC-Aiken or USC-Upstate.

I am sure that HQ did not give them the right to use their name. That said, the don't really have to.

The whole "It's a shame we don't have slavery anymore" thing was just pathetic.

And I kind of had to laugh out loud at... well, the whole film, but specifically... the guy who informed Borat that in America, minorities rule everything and get all the privileges. Only a white male... :rolleyes:

Wasn't Chi Psi the fraternity that got in trouble for the whole porn thing at UGA this fall? If so, this fall must be a PR nightmare for the other southeastern chapters of Chi Psi. :(

Who cares, its Chi Psi.....

You guys are thinking of Chi Phi. I am not sure there is such a thing as Chi Psi in real life.

No, its Chi Psi.

Chi Phi is the chapter at UGA that got hammered over the photo thing.

I never heard of a Chi Psi. Do we have that here at Texas?

Yeah, Chi Phi was the chapter at UGA. Chi Psi has like 31 chapters nation-wide. One of those chapters is at South Carolina. There isn't a chapter here at Texas.......but Texas Tech has one I believe.

Chi Psi Fraternity
Founded 1841 at Union College

Active chapters
Hamilton College
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina
University of South Carolina - Columbia
University of Mississippi
University of Virginia
Amherst College
Cornell University
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Rutgers University
Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Georgia
Lehigh University
University of California - Berkeley
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of the South
Clemson University
Washington and Lee University
Rollins College
Texas Tech University
Wake Forest University
Duke University
North Carolina State University
George Mason University
Miami University of Ohio

Chi Psi at Tech is like DKE at SFA. Those two schools don't fit with the rest of the chapter list.

There's a book about Chi Psi at UNC Chapel Hill...talks about their history, success academically and politically. An easy and interesting read.

nope its USC-Columbia....those morons deserve to be kicked out of school...what a disgrace.

^^^^
Channeling Florida Evans...

D*NM, D*NM, D*NM!!!! :mad:

At my school, Chi Psi is known as the Lodge. Don't know why, but that's what they rep during homecoming, etc...

yeah they have chi psi at my school too but they call themselves lodge.

LOL:D

They call their chapter houses "lodges" becasue their original lodge resembled a log hunting cabin.

We have Chi Psi at GMU. They're one of the newer organizations on campus. They do usually call themselves "the lodge" and are known for almost never wearing letters. GMU is a tough school to get established on--so they pledge a lot of older guys. But on the plus side, that means they have a generally mature group with few problems. Other than being small and new, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say anything bad about them.

Of course, the #2 most diverse school in the country right here outside DC isn't a place you generally find people who are into the whole 'big south' scene.

That kind of reminds me of FIJI.

They most certianally did not.

As a Chi Psi, I for one am pissed off at the use of our letters like this. I talked to some Chi Psis from other schools this weeked and confirmed that this sentiment is prettymuch shared by everyone.

Now we're waiting for a USC Chi Psi to get wind of this thread an issue an "official" statement. :)

http://www.chipsi.org/news/borat.shtml

Official Statement from Chi Psi headquarters

Ooooh, HQ must be so mad

I finally went to see the movie. Mostly because I read the this post and I wanted to see it in the first place. I know this is kind of not on topic here right now but if you did not see the movie it is not worth it, Wait for the DVD because all the funny parts were shown in the commercials.

Now getting back to Psi Chi. We dont have a Chapter of them down in Hawaii. I am a newly intiated Kappa Sigma brother and I really do see this as a downer for Fraternities a like. I already took critisism from friends about joining a fraternity because we dont have the greatest labels and some guys have to do something like this on a movie. Let alone talking about the subject matters they did.

In college, the Kappa Sigs were known as "the Kappa Pigs." It's sad to say that a couple of losers can spoil the reputation of a fraternity for some people.

Welcome to greekchat noobishactz...post more often and you will have a fun stay.

In regards to Borat....
....I actually thought the movie was pretty good. I wouldnt say it was brilliante, but it is definately one of the funniest movies I have EVER seen. I hate low brow humor (cant stomach Jackass) but for some reason it works in this movie. Whoever put it together was smart....and most of the funny parts were NOT shown in the commercials...there's NO WAY they could show that on TV.

As for Psi Chi....that isnt the fraternity in question....its Chi Psi. I have met a few Chi Psis and they seemed like nice guys. The guys in Borat were tools...we'll leave it at that.

I think the point of the movie wasnt to target Chi Psi more then it was to make all fraternity guys look bad.

I wonder what their nationals will do.

It's true. I'm not surprised at all by what happened. The Lodgers at my school have been on probation for unruly parties and everything that comes with that. And they were dirty. They would often rent huge hot tubs and be the only people in them (I have yet to see one girl joining them). The water would be black. Anyway, yeah, the reputation of an org can be tarnished by one group of guys at one school. Heck, Lodgers at other schools could be the cleanest, most politically correct gentlemen out there but in the Greek world, the exception can easily become the rule.

-GC's Most High

Well yeah not all the funny parts were shown in the commercials. But they also did have a special on Comedy Central were they did show a lot. And some of the scenes were much more funny on Comedy Centrals Special that they did not show in the movie.

Sorry about getting the name mixed up. I am not saying that the fraternity is bad it is just a bunch a tools that make it bad for the rest. Just as some schools call my fraternity "Kappa Pigs" because of some tools that mess it up. At UHM we are the largest Fraternity and the only one that gets stuff done.

Just as people label this one chapter as the whole fraternity because non-greek people do not understand what it is like being in a fraternity/sorority. This also does make the greek life as a whole look bad in some perspective.

I am glad to read that Chi Psi's Nationals did not appreciate this and does acknowledge that these were just some guys not a representive of the fraternity.

I dont remember them wearing letters either so the only way they were marked in the movie was by the Title stating where they were from.

http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/09/borat-...five/#comments


It looks like some of the guys are now suing. :rolleyes:

They were assured the movie wouldn't be shown in the U.S. and their identities wouldn't be revealed. They signed the release after heavy drinking. Then they were encouraged to continue drinking.

:rolleyes:

If they were indeed misled, that would be typical of a prankster. Maybe the movie producers should've done what Girls Gone Wild does and allow people to call in the next day and refuse to be shown or whatever--or maybe not. They weren't too drunk to remember that they were told the movie wouldn't be released in the U.S and their identities wouldn't be revealed. So I imagine they weren't too drunk to watch their words altogether and/or decline any type of participation.

I believe that the release specifically states that you are agreeing to the terms written on the release regardless of what ever else they tell you. The alcohol is another issue.
This article talks about suing Borat and shows the release. It's pretty airtight.

Borat tricked me. Can I sue?

I actually was a Lodger at U of M (alumn) and you are an idiot for making this statement. You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about and I'm sure your whole statement is based off of what you've heard from other people. We were on probation because they essentially wanted to make an example out of us (Mike Lovas is a jackass). They claimed we had a keg on our front porch but it was 1919 rootbeer for a rush event. The hot tub we had was nothing like what you described. Next time you're going to bad mouth us mention our GPA, which is always in the top 3 for fraternities, and that our fratnerity has the highest donation % back to the U of M.

As far as these guys from SC, they're idiots. I saw the movie last night and my friend and I were just embarassed by what these guys said/did. I know they are filing a lawsuit about how the producers made them drink, etc.. but that is still no excuse.

I'd challenge the "made them drink" part. Bought them drinks? Probably. Encouraged them to drink? Almost certainly. But held them down while pouring beer and whiskey down their throats or held a gun to their head until they did it themselves? I don't think so.

I guess it's only fair that you defend your chapter. :D

Sidebar:
Since you are an alum maybe you weren't present/know about the dirty hot tub that Phrozen's talking about. LOL. And why blast him for mentioning your probation when the only retort you have is that you were "made an example of...something about rootbeer" as if anyone else would know about that. Besides most chapters that get into trouble have an "explanation" behind it that may or may not be completely true. High GPAs and high donations don't fit into the point he was making--that some of you were dirty and got in trouble, which could shape some folks' perceptions of your fraternity.

Here's what their nationals did... Took them a few days but better late than never...

http://www.chipsi.org/news/borat.shtml
"The Fraternity takes this matter seriously and intends to address it through its established internal processes in conjunction with the University of South Carolina and the local chapter."