Alexandra Robbins on The View Today

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what is so weird is that i had a dream last night that i was standing in a driveway talking to someone. i saw this car with a DZ sticker on it. i asked who the car belonged to? i found out that it belonged to Joy from The View. (i swear it is true. why would i make it up?) how random is that dream? the strangest things come to my mind when i am sleeping.



anywho, i hate The View. i was out of town when it came on today, so i am not sorry that i missed it

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I too wondered how Robbins went undercover. I got the impression that during the Homecoming thing, she was acting as a member of one the groups. How else would she have been there? At my school, the only people who go to those kinds of things are greek, and we have a decent relationship with independents. If I remember correctly, she quoted some of the girls so she would have had to be down on the field participating I'd think. But then it seems the other sorority would have seen her wearing the first group's letters. I don't see how she could have NOT posed as a member.

[NutBrnHair]

It confirmed my belief that "The View" is not, and probably never will be, real journalism.

[Reds6]

I saw the show and was very disappointed they didn't have anyone their to talk about the positives of sorority life. It was very one-sided.

Poor Star, she looked disgusted through the entire interview. I think she tried to make points to defend sororities but she kept being interuppted by Babs.

[Kevin]

Does anyone imagine that this type of stuff will do anything but help sororities?

What % of women who graduated HS last spring actually watch The View. Probably not a lot is my guess.

People are going to join regardless of what the media says. I don't think folks are so naive as to believe the media hype machine anymore. This interview was just to give a free promotion to one of Disney's other products. Personally, I don't think many people are fooled.

[DeltaSigStan]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Does anyone imagine that this type of stuff will do anything but help sororities?

What % of women who graduated HS last spring actually watch The View. Probably not a lot is my guess.

People are going to join regardless of what the media says. I don't think folks are so naive as to believe the media hype machine anymore. This interview was just to give a free promotion to one of Disney's other products. Personally, I don't think many people are fooled.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Pink_Bug]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Isn't the key demo for The View housewifes? Does their opinion really matter when it comes to Greeks? Maybe they have children, but it shouldn;t be that big a factor, right?

I began reading this thread and became quite angered because of what appeared on The View today but now I am angered for another reason.
I AM A HOUSEWIFE or homemaker or Stay-At-Home-Mom however you want to put it...I am also a Greek! I am a proud alumnae of my GLO and I remain active by serving as a Chapter Adviser, President of my local Alumnae Chapter, and as President of my chapter's Chapter Association...So I guess you could say that my opinion does matter when it comes to Greeks. And how ironic because I just did an interview TODAY with my local newspaper concerning some Greek alumnae awards that I received this past weekend at our National Convention and used my time in the spotlight to give postive facts about sorority life and to promote Greek life in my hometown. But what do I know my opinion doesn't matter...I'm just a housewife.
And by the way...I have NEVER watched The View...I'm too busy taking care of the most important thing in the world to me which just happens to be a GLO legacy which I will encourage to join a sorority one day!

[wrigley]

Elizabeth graduated from Boston College where there is no Greek system.

As for Barbara Walters, if I remember correctly, in an autobiography or biography on her, there was a story about how she was rejected by a high school sorority. I don't know about her college years.

[kdonline]

Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Isn't the key demo for The View housewifes? Does their opinion really matter when it comes to Greeks? Maybe they have children, but it shouldn;t be that big a factor, right?

What do you mean by that?

A lot of housewives are sorority members.

Just because some of us are @ home, doesn't mean we're not interested in the future of our sororities...or sororities in general.

[kdonline]

Originally posted by 33girl
Well, supposedly she didn't actually rush or pledge, but was just close friends with these girls. But the degree of detail is what's made some people say that they think the whole thing is a complete farce and that the 4 girls don't even exist.

I'm with on you on this. I haven't read the book, but I think she made up a lot of the stuff.

BTW, I was contacted by someone a couple years ago on AOL who was writing a book about sororities. When I started to ask HER questions, she logged off. I saved the whole conversation. I wonder if it could've been Alexandra Robbins...

[kk_bama]

Star talked about her sorority experience a few weeks ago on the show. I remember her saying that she was National Vice President of AKA at one time! Wow!

She just exudes the positive qualities of a true AKA and I think she did the best she could do.

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by ADPiShannan
Joy really didnt talk. I would think if she was in one, shed interject or theyd at least know she was in one and ask her, but they didnt.

First, Barbara Walters has always been a pill. Second, Joy is in it for the paycheck...don't be fooled! Besides, the show is scripted for the most part. They just ad lib sometimes, so if the producers said, "Now, Joy, we know you're a sorority girl, but don't mess up this segment" I'm sure she would keep her mouth shut. (Yes, in speaking for the producers, I did sound condescending)

[lyrica9]

my suitemate had the book, and the more i read, and the more press i hear about robbins, the more i think too much of this, while somewhat representative of some groups, is a product of her over-productive imagination.
it reads too much like a fiction novel to be considered journalistic.

[Lady Pi Phi]

I was messaged on AOL a while back from someone who was writing a book. I was just about to sign off when she messaged me and I just told her I love my organization but I couldn't take to her and signed off.
That might have been her. But I guess because I didn't say anything negative I wasn't her type of interview because she never contacted me again.

How can you use interviews from IM?? Forget unprofessionalism, that's just lazy!

[33girl]

Originally posted by kdonline
BTW, I was contacted by someone a couple years ago on AOL who was writing a book about sororities. When I started to ask HER questions, she logged off. I saved the whole conversation. I wonder if it could've been Alexandra Robbins...

Annie post it pleeeeease!!!!