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Okay, I've avoided this thread, because I thought it would only make me mad. I was right. I'd like to address three things:
1. The contention that if SAEPi didn't do this, someone else would. I don't think I buy that. For at least the past three years, MTV has been looking for a sorority to film in the "casting call" section of their website. For three years, they have gotten no, no, no, no. They have petitioned NPC organizations ad nauseum to get a camera inside. Again, they have been shut down. Now, this isn't a national/local thing. Where was the Greek Advisor, Faculty Advisor, and/or campus administration? Do you mean to tell me that responsible, professional adults actually told these women that this would be a good idea?
2. There are plans in the works for a sorority version of Cribs. Letting cameras in to film the interior of your house is far different than letting cameras film binge drinking, hazing and hashing (which by the way, not all GLO's do - some, mine included, absolutely forbid it!). That said, I'm sure MTV will be looking for a shot of a bunch of chicks having a pillow fight wearing nothing but towels for Cribs, too.
3. Yes, Legally Blonde was based on a real sorority. But it wasn't a real sorority, filmed documentary style. Do you see the distinction?
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