Wow, this is really fun to watch so many people get worked up over something that happened like 6 months ago. But I guess that's not the point...
I'm sure the ladies of Sigma are hearing, seeing, reading all the negative remarks regarding their choice to participate in this program. And I'm sure they're all going, "yeah, some of what these Greeks say is right..." Some of them are saying they made a mistake by participating in the show, some of them are overjoyed at the publicity (who wouldn't be?), some of them are getting paid a lot more than any of us on GC are because of their time on the show. So why are we complaining people? It bugs me just as much as all of you that this chapter is being portrayed differently from how "Sorority Life" really is, and that the shock factor has been raised just for entertainment value. But it's not like we can go back and change the events of the show, who was selected to Pledge, and what will be the result of it?
All we can do to protect our rep as Greeks is take it all with a grain of salt. Yes, some chapters may suffer in Recruitment numbers because members won't be able to explain the difference between TV and Real Life... What's done is done and we should just all make the most of it! The men and women that are worth joining all the wonderful chapters that make up the "Greek community" are going to flock when the Recruitment time comes... and the ones who don't have the faith in our organizations that have passed the tests of time and honor will simply miss out on the many experiences sorority and fraternity life has to offer...
If I can share a little story to make you guys see what I mean...
I work for my University's New Student summer orientation program... one of our counselors (she happens to be NPC-affiliated) had a freshman in one of her groups. This freshman did not comprehend that she couldn't take classes that overlap, and complained to no end to her counselor... When the counselor explained that she couldn't take both classes because they overlapped and she had to go to class, the freshman looked at her, puzzled, and with a whining voice complained: "but that's not what it's like in the movies! In the movies, college kids don't go to class... they just drink and party with the fraternities and sororities!" Is this the kind of naive mentality that we want in our community??? I didn't think so...
I'm a little Gamma Phi, Delta Lambda, Riverside. Everybody smiles at me, That is why I'm a G Phi B!" 