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Originally posted by sugar and spice
The problem is that no Southern school with deferred rush really has a big house. UVA's are really small, but even SMU and Vandy don't seem to house more than 30-50 at the most. The only schools that I can think of with houses big enough to house 90 are definitely not Southern or don't have deferred rush (Oklahoma, Mizzou, Indiana, LSU, Kansas, etc.). So the housing thing is throwing me for a bit of a loop.
I still think it's SMU though. 
On another note, I think one of the things that hurts her credibility in this book is that, by not being Greek and doing all the research in a year's time, she doesn't really understand how common these things she's reporting on are. Like I said, I thought she handled some topics fairly well -- but when she tries to make it sound like "Naked Parties" are as common as intra-sorority squabbling and drama, the credibility flies out the window.
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The biggest problem with her undercover work, is she makes soo much of it up, it's hard as a Greek to know when she stops. Names and Organizations have been changed. Is it too much of a stretch to think that she changed dates? Maybe when rush occurs? The numbers the houses hold? I mean, i know she wanted to protect her "sources" but there is so much deception that it's hard to know what to believe, when.
I really think she just 'pal'ed around with teh girls whenever possible, when times like rush meetings or rush convos come up, i really think that she's going word-of-mouth from her sources. And then, once again, you have the embellishment issue. The girls may have told her one or two things, but she's already lying so much i couldn't put it past her to "flesh" out the rest of the convos herself.
S&S, i could see it being SMU, except for like, what you mentioned about the price, Greeks run SMU pretty much(or so i've been told) and that she says its a State university, and SMU is private.
Kitso
KS 361