Fraternity Life
TV ClubHouse: Archive: Miscellaneous Shows - 2003 April:
Fraternity Life
Ryn | Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 02:05 pm     Airs tommorow night at 10:30. |
Sweetbabygirl | Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 03:52 pm     Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but what was the big deal about Grant seeing Adam's ex-girlfriend? I can see Adam being upset because Grant saw her anyway after he said he wouldn't, but before then, they are exes, so why should it matter? I just think Grant rubbed people the wrong way due to his looks. The one brother, Jake is a hottie...he reminds me of Ben from High School Reunion, he's so sweet. Alex - Cough, cough, P-WHIPPED, cough!! I can't wait to see this Glenn Close like girlfriend of his, she is coming off as really scary. |
Buxombabe | Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 08:15 pm     What looks is that Sweet? He Grant,is a bit ugly. so that's not it. |
Twinkie | Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 02:07 am     I'm watching mostly to see the pics of Buffalo which is my home now for the past 7 years. And UB is where hubby went to school. But I also find the shows of Sorority Girls and Frat guys interesting cause I missed that experience. |
Grooch | Monday, March 24, 2003 - 12:47 pm     UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO Fraternity featured on MTV suspected in hazing By STEPHEN WATSON News Staff Reporter 3/20/2003 Sigma Chi Omega, a University at Buffalo fraternity, is receiving a lot of national exposure as the star of a weekly reality-TV program on MTV. Now that exposure is coming back to bite the fraternity. The university has suspended it because officials say some of the activities caught on film might be hazing. UB acted after watching the first episodes of MTV's "Fraternity Life" series and receiving complaints from viewers, said Dennis R. Black, UB's vice president for student affairs. The show, which began airing Feb. 26, is based on footage the network shot in Buffalo in fall as MTV cameras followed a group of Sigma Chi pledges - students trying to win fraternity membership. "Everybody who watches expresses concern about the forced calisthenics or some of the apparent treatment, which could constitute embarrassment, harassment or ridicule," said Dennis R. Black, UB's vice president for student affairs. He was referring to scenes that showed Sigma Chi brothers interrogating students under the glare of bright lights and, later, requiring pledges to do push-ups as punishment. Colin Healy, Sigma Chi's president, said fraternity members don't think they've done anything wrong and want to work with UB officials to get the suspension overturned. "In the grand scheme of things, we definitely don't think that what we did was hazing, but we need to find out what the school thought they saw," Healy said. The network doesn't want to get involved. "This is really between the fraternity and the university," said Eileen Quast, an MTV spokeswoman. "Fraternity Life" and a companion MTV series, "Sorority Life 2," have brought national attention to UB and Buffalo, portraying the area's waterfront, architecture and other features in an attractive light. The MTV Web site, in promoting the fraternity series, plays up the alleged excessive drinking of Sigma Chi members. But none of the "Fraternity Life" episodes has shown pledges enduring the type of severe hazing - such as forced consumption of alcohol - that led to the deaths of students at other colleges. Delta Xi Omega, the UB sorority featured on "Sorority Life 2," has not been disciplined. UB defines hazing as "any action that produces mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, ridicule or impairment of academic efforts," according to a statement on the Student Affairs Web site. Black said none of the students featured on "Fraternity Life" had complained about their treatment on the show, but the school's policy is to immediately suspend any organization suspected of hazing, to protect students from potential harm. A different set of students is trying to join Sigma Chi this semester, and the temporary ban on official fraternity activities applies to pledging activities, Black said. The decision to suspend the fraternity was made last week, while students were on spring break, but fraternity members weren't notified until early this week. Fraternity members remain in good standing, pending the investigation by university police and officials from UB's Greek Affairs and Judicial Affairs offices. Link |
Grooch | Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 07:41 pm     This is not good at all. I wondered if something like this would happen. I also wondered how good the Buffalo police could protect the city from terrorists (since they arrested a cell living there) if Frat boys could just walk into the zoo at night with no problems. Fraternity Zoo Prank Investigation BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Zoo has asked the district attorney to pursue charges against three college students videotaped by an MTV reality series inside the zoo after hours. District Attorney Frank Clark said his office would investigate. "Assuming we have sufficient evidence, we'll assist (the zoo) in filing charges in Buffalo City Court," Clark said. The students, Sigma Chi Omega pledges appearing on the MTV network's "Fraternity Life," could face criminal trespass charges, Clark said. The misdemeanor count carries a maximum jail term of 90 days. "The idea is not to necessarily come down with a sledgehammer on the kids, but to send a message out that the zoo is not going to condone, and will aggressively pursue, anything which potentially puts the animals, or by the way, the trespassers themselves, in any sort of jeopardy," he said. In a recent episode of the show, pledges Tim Kukulka, Earl Altheide and Steve Paul were shown walking between the hyena and antelope exhibits after scaling a wall near a zoo entrance, zoo president Donna Fernandes said. The students talked about stealing an animal as a mascot before climbing back over the wall and driving off, she said. Fernandes said MTV has not responded to the zoo's complaints about the incident. The students were subpoenaed March 18 to appear before the Student-Wide Judiciary, UB's student newspaper reported. Altheide told the Spectrum the incident had nothing to do with pledging and that the three had sneaked out of the house to steal a chicken from the zoo to keep as a pet. Paul said the three left after realizing they could not get into any of the cages. The university suspended the Sigma Chi Omega chapter earlier this month after officials decided some activities shown in earlier episodes might be hazing. Link |
Max | Friday, March 28, 2003 - 10:36 am     I wondered if something like that might happen when I saw that episode. That was SUCH a stupid thing to do when you're being filmed!!! |
Grooch | Friday, March 28, 2003 - 10:42 am     Max, I wonder what else they have done that we haven't seen yet. <g> |
Seamonkey | Friday, March 28, 2003 - 11:43 am     One of the guys complained that some of the pledges were only pledging because of the MTV cameras and involvement.. well, DUH.. kinda like "JackA$$ meets Road Rules on campus". So far all I've seen on these shows seems to be strange tests and mindgames and control techniques that would seemingly make most moderately intelligent beings question what they are doing there.. Since when does "bonding" mean "you must mindelessly participate in any activity suggested by the group regardless of time of day,and disregarding your own wishes and interests and if you don't we will hunt you down and harrass you and break you down". Ah, well.. (Also hoping that sorority has since made some rules about locking the house and using keys.. since it has been publicized over and over on MTV that pretty much anyone can walk in.. not everyone skulking around houses full of young women is benign (thinking of all those nurses murdered in a dorm, or the serial killer who traumatized college campuses in Florida, etc. |
Max | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 07:52 pm     Dumb, shallow, juvenile, mean-spirited, these are some of the terms that come to mind when watching this show. I fail to understand the point of fraternities and sororities. Seems like one big excuse to be a clique and act like an idiot to me. |
Monkeyboy | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 11:05 pm     Some guys i know are pledging frats for next year and i always ask them what for and they say;"free beer and lots of girls" heh. losers. |
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