Cosmo Girl Article

kddani · #1 08-07-2003, 12:54 PM

Apparantly there's a four page article in this month's Cosmo Girl magazine about a former Tri Delta new member at a Lousiana college who was a risk management problem from day one. The article is supposedly about how she went out one night drinking and was drugged and woke up without underwear on and doesn't know what happened.... and the Sigma Nu's taped the whole thing.

I haven't read the article, one of my sisters who has read it relayed this info to me. Has anyone read the actual article?

Unfortunately the article includes pictures of her and the house on bid day and mentioned the Tri Delta letters prominently

Like I said, i haven't read the whole article, but it sounds like a bad seed new member had something bad happen to her and has stirred up some problems.

texas*princess · #2 08-07-2003, 12:56 PM

I haven't read it either.. although it is real interesting timing.. considering a lot of schools have rush in August/September.

kddani · #3 08-07-2003, 12:59 PM

Especially if the incident had nothing to do with the fact that she was pledging Tri Delts. That's just undeserved crappy PR for the chapter and national group. They're supposedly one of the top chapters on that campus too.

Peaches-n-Cream · #4 08-07-2003, 02:50 PM

Nice timing on the article Cosmo Girl. I am going to read it later.

Peaches-n-Cream · #5 08-07-2003, 03:12 PM

I just read the article. The sorority is featured prominently in a photo of the sisters and five foot tall letters. The woman is not sure what happened. She either drank too much and passed out or was drugged and raped. She woke up in a guys room naked from the waist down and was sick. He drove her home. She didn't go to the doctors or the police to collect evidence. One month later, she was brought in front of their standards board and questioned about what happened that night. She didn't remember. She had been suspended previously for giving another guy oral sex in a bathroom. They revoked her sorority membership.

The police got involved because she might have been videotaped. It is illegal to videotape lewd acts in her state. They couldn't see her on the videotape though. The guy was arrested and spend one night in jail, but charges were dropped since the videotape revealed nothing.

This article really doesn't paint the sorority in a bad light. They just seemed unsympathetic to her situation. I feel sorry for her. She doesn't know what happened that night and never will. This article was sort of a cautionary tale. Don't drink too much. Don't accept drinks from men. If you wake up in a strange place and naked, go to a hospital to determine if you were sexually assaulted.

The article is not available online at the cosmogirl website.

ZTAngel · #6 08-07-2003, 03:44 PM

I just don't get why they had to include her letters at all. The story was about a girl who made a mistake on her own terms. She got too drunk and it was her choice not to go to the hospital. It has nothing to do with TriDelta. But, CosmoGirl still decided to include a picture of her letters as if to say this is what happens when you join a sorority.

Peaches-n-Cream · #7 08-07-2003, 03:56 PM

I agree ZTAngel. I intentionally excluded the letters from my post because I think that the fact that she was in a sorority is irrelevant.

NinjaPoodle · #8 08-07-2003, 04:55 PM

What is the name of the article?

Peaches-n-Cream · #9 08-07-2003, 05:02 PM

Real Life Story: "One Night of Partying Ruined My Reputation"

Kristin AGD · #10 08-07-2003, 05:05 PM

I think the fact that she was in a sorority was irrelevant, and the fact the guy she was with was in a fraternity was not the point either.
I think this is a really bad portrayal of greek life. No fault of the people involved. But why is greek life featured so prominently in this article? The main photo is of this girl taking a shot, with her former sisters, one wearing her lavalier. The next page is the girl with her sisters doing a pyramid with their letters. And another of her scrapbook featuring drinking! Yet the article has nothing to do with greek life. It has to do with one students bad choices.
I don't think it reflects badly on the org that is featured. This is subtle hit towards greek life in general.

I do feel sorry for her because she had to resign. Her actions were sketchy, probably more to the story than is told in the article. And I wonder if she knew what type of article they were going to write?

NinjaPoodle · #11 08-07-2003, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cream
Real Life Story: "One Night of Partying Ruined My Reputation"

Thanks

James · #12 08-07-2003, 08:53 PM

If it turns out she had sex, would that mean she was raped?

Peaches-n-Cream · #13 08-07-2003, 09:09 PM

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Originally posted by James
If it turns out she had sex, would that mean she was raped?

If someone drugged her and had sex with her, that means that she was raped.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #14 08-07-2003, 10:51 PM

I'd say if someone had sex with her, period, she was raped.

Most states have little-known laws regarding intoxication and consent. In Virginia, for example, after the legal limit of intoxication, a person can't give their consent.

kdonline · #15 08-07-2003, 11:11 PM

You said the article mentioned the sorority...but did it mention which fraternity?