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Old 08-11-2015, 11:12 PM
Loyally Kappa Loyally Kappa is offline
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How right you are.

A mom of a (graduated) Bama Alpha Phi brought this to my attention last night. I'm not sure what Bama Football or Kenyan Drake has to do with sisterhood, but that wasn't the part she objected to. Over 272K views already. Scroll through the comments -- UGH!

Alpha Phi at the University of Alabama Recruitment Video
Shot/Edited by:
Griffin Meyer: gtmeyer@hawaii.edu
Matt Malecki: mgmalecki@gmail.com
Music: Strangers (feat. Tove Lo) by Seven Lions & Myon & Shane 54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAaYnSvvt7I

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That's a lot of Revlon #4 blonde hair dye. If this video had been presented to me in 1978, I would have dropped this sorority in a heartbeat.
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Old 08-11-2015, 11:57 PM
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Video

That video is featured on the SEC southern football site. The headline implies the Bama player is the "star" of the video.

It is on www.saturdaydownsouth.com .

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Old 08-12-2015, 12:08 AM
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Amusingly, there's a comment on Greekrank calling us "biddies" for comparing the two videos and saying we're jealous (of what? who knows!). For all those reading out there, I'm an active member in my sorority and I'm definitely not jealous
lol, I don't think jealousy was what the ticked off mom biddy who passed this along was feeling. Among other things, she said at least the music kept viewers from hearing their brains rattle.

Gotta wonder what are they thinking. Why would any chapter (or any group of women) want to be "brand" themselves in such a stereotypical manner?

There is nothing in that long vid that is actually relevant to sorority membership. It is focused on recruiting dudes. Where is the oversight from their org? Wonder who approves the content and cost -- certainly a professional production of this scale was very expensive.

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I think it is one of the more OOS chapters, especially considering that they're fairly new and those chapters usually take more OOS girls and that Alpha Phi is especially strong on the West Coast, so girls from there might be more inclined to join than a group they don't already know. Or I could be completely wrong! If anyone knows better I'd love to hear it.

Surely Malibu Barbie goes Daisy Duke is not what it takes to recruit PNMs on the West Coast and elsewhere. They should be offended. (Just venting -- not disagreeing with your comment)

Every sorority woman should be cringing IMO. Fox Sports:

Hot Alabama Sorority Enlists Kenyan Drake to Star In Recruitment Video

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Old 08-12-2015, 08:26 AM
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Sending best wishes to the AU PNMs! They get invitations in about an hour, I believe.
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Old 08-12-2015, 08:27 AM
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If the goal was to get lots of press they achieved it. My daughter, who is a high school senior, and oldest son, first year in college, were NOT impressed. I showed it to them to see the reaction of their generation and they both rolled their eyes and said no thanks.
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Old 08-12-2015, 01:12 PM
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Why would any chapter (or any group of women) want to be "brand" themselves in such a stereotypical manner?
To change their current "brand."
And it's working.
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Old 08-12-2015, 01:59 PM
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To change their current "brand."
And it's working.
YUP.

By that same token though....

buy the ticket, take the ride.
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Old 08-12-2015, 01:39 PM
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LOL, one of the family trees in my chapter used to call themselves the "Clairol 503 family" as they all used the same shade.
This is hilarious.
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