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gphiangel, i liked what you had to say.
ok an explanation: it's funny when you get on a train of thought and then you are interupted and can't think of what you wanted to finish posting so you post and then everyone takes offense to it.
First off: I call all girls, (friends, sisters, whomever) chicks. Call it a sacramento thing. I wasn't calling you a feathered fowl so chill out. but that is completely off topic.
AXOalum: I honestly don't see what you have to worry about with recruitment. If your sisterhood is so awesome and you are sorry that not everyone experienced the same sisterhood you did, I would expect girls to be lining up to get a bid, reguardless of what they saw on TV. And all of the high schoolers that are telling they won't join now because of the show both a) probably didn't want to join in the first place and just needed any excuse not to go greek and b) believe everything they see on TV and don't realize that a lot of things have been spliced and edited out. Yes we all didn't like the slap on national TV, but if you prove to your new recruits that you have unconditional love for your sisters, the memory of the slap on TV won't be so prominent.
Face it kids, greek life got slapped in the face this summer. bashing other sororities isn't gonna help your rep so instead of saying "sigma is bad, sigma is wrong" how about saying "ok, a GLO did something wrong, now how can we collectively help fix it?" It's gonna take a lot of good P.R and right now, this thread is far from good P.R. Some make some decent points while others just sound silly.
Honestly, we can only accept the show as mindless eye candy. It's MTV, could you honestly expect anything else? And as many people have stated before, what goes on off camera seems to stay off camera and even tho it contains vital information (example: did sylvia get repremanded?) it probably doesn't get ratings as easily. And it would be too easy for MTV to actually tell you that a NM was repremanded and it would kill the storyline the producers are creating. So instead of saying, well yes sylvia was punished blah blah blah, MTV wants you to think that she wasn't and then you get all pissed off and complain and it pulls you in for the next episode to see if anything new arises in the jessica/sylvia slap drama.
I think librasoul said it best: "Bottom line...worry less about what others think, and more about yourself. That way you can SHOW rather than TELL that your org defies the stereotypes."
And on another note: Sigma did mention in the first episode they were a jewish organization founded on jewish ideals. I personally think that it is acceptable to let their new members know that. It's a huge part of their sorority. While religion may not be a huge part of your sororority, don't criticize sigma for wondering if their new members were going to know about their traditions. Like I said before, it could have been asked a lil better, but I say, if religion isn't a huge part of your organization, there shouldn't be a problem in explaining to questioning women that it isn't. Sigma probably advertises themselves as a religious organization. if your organization doesn't, then don't worry about it.
it has happened, it is over with... let them finish off the season and then worry about damage control.
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