It's probably safe to say that the Panhellenic Association at the University of Alabama never thought this recruitment video would be seen beyond the University's campus.
But this is the age of Antoine Dodson and Rebecca Black, where certain videos tend to take on lives of their own.
C'mon now, they were striking a blow for diversity... they had at least one token brunette in the video.
ReplyDeleteThat was kind of cute. Did I miss something?
ReplyDeleteI guess only very white girls join sororities at Alabama. And no, I am not offended, more like bemused...
ReplyDeleteThey should make an album, "Fear of a Blonde Planet"....Mrs. Miller would be rolling in her grave THEN.
ReplyDeleteMore like "Fear of a Bottle-Blonde Planet."
ReplyDelete*grin* I'm sure the female students of color stood back and watched the white sorority girls make fools of themselves. good times.
ReplyDeleteI have a colleague whose greatest wish is to become promoted to Dean so he can be a hard-ass to Greeks. He wants to threaten Greek houses with losing their charters and school affiliations if their members are found guilty of providing alcohol to underage people or destroying public property or knowing about rape and other crimes or failing to maintain C averages or any other of a hundred daily offenses that occur throughout Greek Row but are rarely punished.
ReplyDeleteThey will never let him do it, sure, but we can dream can't we??
When I see stuff like this I can tell what a nerd and a prude I was/am. The schools I went to didn't have "Greek" culture and I don't recall anyone missing it. I never understood it. In high school, I didn't revel in the glories of stuff like "Animal House". I just don't get this whole thing. It is like an alien world.
ReplyDeleteAJ: I was Greek at my undergrad SLAC. I enjoyed it and would do it again. But when I went to grad school at an ESU I noticed a huge difference. At the SLAC animal houses were not tolerated, at ESU they were the norm. At the SLAC at least some Greek houses were ethnically diverse; not so at the ESU. A pony-keg meant "PARTY ALL WEEKEND!" at the SLAC. At the ESU it meant "Tuesday afternoon." Hazing at the SLAC wasn't tolerated, even by the fraternity members("why would we do that to a brother?") At the ESU it was the norm ("what are you, a sissy?") and the school turned a blind eye.
ReplyDeleteBasically, while I would NOT claim that my experience was typical, even at a SLAC frat, I loved it and am still friends with some of my chapter brothers 30 years later. And I still know the words to "The Sweetheart" song... But I can't say I would have joined a fraternity at an ESU as an undergrad.
FWIW, my best friend from those years was in a rival house and we're still good friends (and tease each other a bit over it) and have been on several conference panels together...