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I know at this point it hasn't been long at all since the "Bama Rush" documentary came out, but since there was such a strong "no media" policy(?)/culture(?) for the university's sororities I was wondering if any of the girls who were in it and got accepted into any of the houses faced repercussions for participating in the documentary? Is this something that could put their membership in jeopardy? The reaction to the rumors and NYT article make me think it could, but that's just my impression as someone who didn't do Greek life in college. If you think it could jeopardize their membership, what do you think motivated their involvement in the doc at all? This aspect about sorority culture, as portrayed by the doc, left me very confused.
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Isabelle is still an ADPi. She represented herself and her sorority well. No repercussions for her. She talks about it on her TT.
Shelby is still a Phi Mu. She stopped filming the day before Rush Started. On her TT she said she wanted to show how girls from small towns and not the south can rush at Alabama and be successful.
The other 2 dropped out.
You only get called to Standards Meeting if you violate any of your sorority policies. Every sorority has different policies and they can differ from chapter to chapter for the same sorority.
Honestly, the real documentary that involves Tuscaloosa that everyone needs to watch is victim/suspect on Netflix with the case about TJ Bunn Jr
This should be the top comment.
However, both documentaries are excellent and important viewing for young women.
Isn’t ‘Bama rush’ as a concept now too large a currency for even the traditional Bama traditions. Once you let someone pay for your social influence, isn’t tradition Dead? Just a thought
This is why the sororities at Alabama, especially old row and even more so First Circle, want nothing to do with this. They don’t want their traditions ruined. They have maintained them for well over a century and they aren’t going to let HBO of TT take that away
I'd say the HBO documentary positively highlighted the road to rush. The only negative was seeing the social media response to rumors of HBO "infiltrating" rush. The girls whom posted and were highlighted were made out to be fools by the director.
Being frank, I was at bama from 09' to 13' and things have changed a lot since then. I've heard a lot of rumors about different houses and witnessed some unsavory behavior from different Sororities. They aren't all glit and glam...
Unfortunately the rumors weren’t rumors. If hbo wasn’t placing recording devices on girls then someone was. Panhellenic and UA were very strict about having the actual recording device present in order to get removed from rush. UA made a public statement that they wouldn’t have made without confirmation. In the doc the director even mentions the investigative piece by the NYT. If what they covered was false she could pursue defamation. The fact that she didn’t says a lot. I do agree at the end of the doc the women overall all had a positive experience with rush. I feel most if them need a good therapist and not a sorority though. I was shocked and shaken by what some of them shared.
No, it was a rumor based on an alumni's hair appointment gossip. It also wasn't published as a print NYT investigative piece. It was a blog/web article. The weight of the two are drastically different.
They'd also never be able to sue for defamation or liable in either circumstance video, article or audio. Defamation suits are based on loss of income/revenue. While they could make a theoretical case that their Sororities income/donations and public persona was harmed, it wouldn't hold weight at the state level of civil courts. At a federal level it wouldn't have been taken as a serious lawsuit.
Won’t exposure change this quickly?
No, not at all. UA is a force and the tradition is deep.