University of Alabama Fall 2014 NPC Sorority Recruitment

[Benzgirl]

My phone seems to autocorrect everything. Guess what? Ninja came out Ninja. Even a misspelled Ninja came out Ninja.

Not buying the explanation.

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by 1964Alum

I doubt that National would have jerked a pin over an innocuous "auto correct". Surely this particular devise could have and would have been tested.

So sad to read this about Chi Omega.

HQ was quick to respond. I got an email about it this morning.

[xibair]

So my curiosity got the best of me. When it comes to texting, I am the worst. I misspell everything. My phone autocorrect Ninja with Nunn and Nine. I did not get anything else.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Jesus, Mary and Joseph...will the stupidity never end?

Unfortunately, not.

[LXA SE285]

Update:

http://totalfratmove.com/alabama-sor...redibly-racist

[catfan]

Just when things were looking good for Panhellenic race relations.

I feel bad for this chapter and the position this girl has put them in. It has had a stellar rep in the past.

Btw. Ninja is a term for a girl off the second or third bid list.

[unarose]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Should the entire chapter be punished? No. Should the entire chapter, and for that matter, pretty much every chapter, be instilling better values in their membership? Yes. … Why isn't the lesson "don't be a racist asshole" as important as "develop good study skills" or "write a stand-out resume"?

I completely agree with you on this, DBB. One of my first thoughts when I saw this was that perhaps part of the ~consequences from either Chi Omega nationals or UA could be some sort of "cultural sensitivity"* workshop that the entire sisterhood would be required to participate in.

*If anyone has a better way to describe it, by all means please use it. I simply could not think of one at the moment on my own.

[DubaiSis]

Clicking on the link, it recants, saying it was a hoax. So yeah for that.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by unarose

I completely agree with you on this, DBB. One of my first thoughts when I saw this was that perhaps part of the ~consequences from either Chi Omega nationals or UA could be some sort of "cultural sensitivity"* workshop that the entire sisterhood would be required to participate in.

*If anyone has a better way to describe it, by all means please use it. I simply could not think of one at the moment on my own.

Organizations shouldn't use diversity/cultural sensitivity training or workshops as a "consequence". These workshops are pointless and "check off the checklist" enough without being officially considered a reprimand. If these GLOs truly care they will discuss these topics as part of chapter development, NM interaction, and it would be discussed informally without needing to be required to discuss (to further debunk the notion that whites don't think about and casually talk about race, ethnicity, and culture--their own and that of other groups).

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Clicking on the link, it recants, saying it was a hoax. So yeah for that.

Hoax or not, this is a lackluster incident not worthy of being called "racist" and not worthy of too much attention. Except as an excuse for pre-existing racial tension so people can claim "we were doing soooooooo well until this happened."

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

Update:

http://totalfratmove.com/alabama-sor...redibly-racist

It didn't make sense that an active would post something so incredibly stupid and cruel.

And it also didn't make sense considering that Chi O did pledge AA girls.

And the auto-correct explanation didn't pass the sniff test.

But this is plausible. And the explanation matches what is apparent regarding the mismatched size of the "g"s in the offensive word.

I guess one question is -- where is the original shot posted by the active on the active's snapchat?

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

It didn't make sense that an active would post something so incredibly stupid and cruel.

And it also didn't make sense considering that Chi O did pledge AA girls.

And the auto-correct explanation didn't pass the sniff test.

But this is plausible. And the explanation matches what is apparent regarding the mismatched size of the "g"s in the offensive word.

I guess one question is -- where is the original shot posted by the active on the active's snapchat?

As someone who works with photoshop on a regular (almost daily) basis, it would be very easy to distort those letters in photoshop to provide "proof". This "new" photoshop evidence is smells about as good as the autocorrect story.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

Update:

http://totalfratmove.com/alabama-sor...redibly-racist

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Clicking on the link, it recants, saying it was a hoax. So yeah for that.

Is this what we're saying is a hoax? That link isn't working for me, and I've found nothing saying it was a hoax. Also, Chi Omega has made a statement about the incident on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ChiOmegaFraternity

Or did I miss something else?

[navane]

Originally Posted by Football Fan

Examples of application numbers for branches of the University of California:
Freshman Applicants Only for Entering in Fall of 2014

Univ. of California at Santa Cruz--40,617 applicants
Univ. of California at Irvine--60,476
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara--66, 756
Univ. of California at San Diego--73,437 (Sought after for strong science and math programs)

And let's take a look at the California State University system:

San Diego State University -- 77,959
Cal State Long Beach -- 83,594
And several others with 50,000+

UC and CSU schools are overrun with applicants. I'm not surprised people are now heading out of state.

[Nanners52674]

Sorry don't buy the photoshop, I'd hope any organizations nationals would look into things like that before pulling a pin. And if it is true anyway then wouldn't nationals want to make that known?

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

As someone who works with photoshop on a regular (almost daily) basis, it would be very easy to distort those letters in photoshop to provide "proof". This "new" photoshop evidence is smells about as good as the autocorrect story.

For the purposes of that specific article, yes, but that wouldn't explain why all the other screenshots posted about on the internet (independent of photoshop issue) also have the same mismatched "g"s.

Here's another screenshot, for instance, on a forum discussion that has nothing to do with the photoshop issue (scroll to 3rd post and click to enlarge):

http://www.the-mainboard.com/index.p....132183/page-2

Oddly the article regarding photoshop at the original link above has disappeared. Here is the cached original article:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=us