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Originally posted by Opie25
1. If nobody thinks that anything is wrong with sorority life (or fraternity life) and think that they are wonderful programs...then why aren't they participating in the next season?
2. Why did all NPC, NIC, and NPHC HQ's ban their chapters from participating if this is such a fabulous experience that gives us such great publicity...why aren't your chapters signing up?
3. Have you ever noticed the that all the groups picked so far all have similar sounding names as National Organizations? Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi (Sigma Alpha Epsilon or Alpha Epsilon Pi); Delta Xi Omega they use DZO (DZ....hmm...sound familar?); Sigma Chi Omega (Sigma Chi or Chi Omega).....curious....curious...
4. I do agree that the SAEPi women were not the stereotypical looking women in an organization....but did you notice how women who didn't fit that mold were treated? Or what if they did fit that skinny blonde mold...how was Jordan treated? Candace? The women were still trying to fill a mold.....it just wasn't the one that is normally related to sorority life.
5. If nothing is wrong with fraternity or sorority life on MTV then why don't we use them as a recruitment tool? We can get copies of the programs and mail them out to all incoming first year students, show them at our freshmen orientation, and mail them to the parent's of entering students. I'm sure that would have them lined up at the door?
6. Someone mentioned that the programs are good publicity and might help in recruitment.....really? What type of person are the programs going to bring into our chapters if they develop their idea of greek life from these programs? How long will it take for our chapter to deterriorate into shells of the great organizations that they once where.......then will we be praising the great ads and publicity? Will it be funny then?
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Thanks for listening........o.p.i.e.
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I don't think there was a single person that said that these shows were GOOD publicity or a great idea -- only that the publicity was not completely bad, as so many people have suggestion. And personally, I'm getting a little sick of all the complaining people do about this show. That's why I'm trying to put a positive spin on it -- because not every aspect of this show is entirely terrible. As I pointed out earlier, "Sorority Life" is portraying a sorority that is not nearly as stereotypical (Prada, fake breasts and Daddy's credit card) as most fictional TV sororities. Rush numbers were way up at my university (and many others), I think in part because of the interest raised by this show. And SAEPi got 15-20 offers from other universities wanting to start up SAEPi chapters of their own! Anything that raises interest in Greek life this much can't be 100 percent terrible.
MTV doesn't care whether or not it exploits these fraternities or sororities, what it cares about is making money. And the first season of "Sorority Life" made them a ton of money, so they'll continue to create these kinds of shows until they stop making money. For that reason, we don't have a lot of options. You can:
1) Put your money where your mouth is and organize a Greek-wide boycott of the show. (I wouldn't participate, just because I think the show is hilarious . . . but I'm sure there are a lot of sorority members -- and probably after this season, fraternity members -- who would.)
2) Ignore it.
3) As Little E said, use this as an educational tool for PNMs -- use it as a visual example to educate them on what sororities are really like.
4) Focus on the positives the show is creating (like those mentioned above) while working to counteract the negatives.
5) Keep whining about it (which doesn't fix anything).