University of Iowa Alpha Phi Recorded Bashing Other Sororities

[DubaiSis]

It is interesting that what the University latched onto was the drinking part. They have continually over the last, oh, I don't know, 3 decades, tried to curb binge drinking and drugs in the fraternity houses and the fraternities at Iowa are constantly being shut down. It's a revolving door of charters granted and lost for the fraternities. The sororities at Iowa have been quite stable except for some ill-advised expansion in the 80's. But because of their low tolerance for this kind of crap, it doesn't surprise me that the U went over the heads of Panhel or A Phi. But it doesn't sound like they're going away. They just can't do anything without headquarters being present. That seems like a gift to me. It could have been much worse.

[Pinecone]

I am embarrassed to say in my day we would have thought that whole thing was really cool and funny (if you adjust the expectations of raunchiness to match the music now- which is way worse then back then). We made up all sorts of inappropriate songs to match the sweet sorority songs and thought we were pretty hilarious. We were a party group, which I think this group is too.

I am not making excuses because if nothing else their song was stupid and degrading to women when there are enough men around to degrade us- we shouldn't do it to ourselves. But I see that they were trying to be hip hop and act like Nicki Manaj or whatever and it really was more stupid than anything else. I hope they don't close the chapter over it- maybe just make them not socialize for a semester, study a bit more and get better taste in music. Maybe a sensitivity course about sexual assault and how it isn't funny.

But I am a very upstanding citizen now and I have to admit that I could have been right there with them, being stupid at the age of 19.