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MTV's third season of Sorority Life and second season of its "sister show" (pun intended) Fraternity Life will premiere tonight (September 17) on MTV at 10:00 PM ET and 10:30 PM ET respectively.
Set in sunny southern California this time, the new season of Sorority Life follows the young women of the University of Southern California's Zeta Sigma Phi independent "multicultural" sorority. Zeta Sigma Phi was founded at USC in 1994. The group's motto: "Some girls define their lives by a sorority, but this sorority is defined by our lives."
Following the 10PM estrogen-fest, the testosterone starts pumping at 10:30 PM as Fraternity Life kicks off with a look at the fellas who are rushing Delta Omega Chi at the University Of California at Santa Cruz (humm, two California groups this season... sounds like someone cut the shows' production budgets -- so much for "scenic Buffalo.")
Diehard Fraternity Life fans will likely already recognize Delta Omega Chi from earlier news reports regarding their killing and grilling a koi from the campus koi pond during the program's production. The university ended up announcing in May that it had "revoked the fraternity's recognition" over the incident.
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Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 01:11 PM EST
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The student newspaper of University Of California at Santa Cruz reports that the university has announced that it has "revoked recognition" of the Delta Omega Chi fraternity over an incident last month that resulted in the death of a campus koi fish. The revocation, which is permanent, means that the campus has severed all ties to the fraternity. Without UCSC affiliation, the fraternity will no longer have access to campus services or facilities.
"Our investigation into this matter has resulted in a finding of responsibility for Delta Omega Chi fraternity," said Doug Zuidema, director of UCSC's Student Judicial Affairs Office. "We have revoked recognition of the fraternity based on our conclusion that members of the organization were involved in the removal of the fish from the pond and its death." In announcing his finding regarding Delta Omega Chi, Zuidema said the fraternity had chosen not to appeal the the campus's decision. "They have accepted the sanction," he said.
The Student Judicial Affairs Office's investigation into individuals who participated in the incident at Porter College pond has not been completed. But Zuidema estimated that part of his investigation should be concluded by early next week.
Federal privacy laws prevent the university from disclosing judicial findings against individual students. However, if students are found to have violated university rules, Zuidema said, they would be subject to discipline ranging from a warning to dismissal.
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Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 10:57 AM EST
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Two seasons of MTV's show Fraternity Life, two fraternities in trouble with both their universities and the law. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that two members of the Delta Omega Chi fraternity at the University of California -- Santa Cruz ("UCSC") have been charged with a pair of misdemeanors for a stunt performed for the MTV cameras. The two allegedly stole a fish from a UCSC reflecting pond on May 20, fried it, and then forced fraternity pledges to eat it,
The fish, a koi named Midas, was one of 16 koi located in the pond. When the controversy started, the two students apparently bought another koi, which cost around $650, and threw it in the pond, perhaps figuring that no one could tell one koi from another. They were wrong and now face state misdemeanor grand theft and malicious mischief charges. In addition, the fraternity is being investigated by UCSC, which says through a spokesperson that it is "likely" the frat will face disciplinary action. Delta Omega Chi could be warned, put on probation, or even decertified and banned.
This stunt follows the antics of the first season of Fraternity Life, which led to the suspension of the Sigma Chi Omega chapter at the University of Buffalo for illegal hazing and to university discipline against three students for breaking into the Buffalo Zoo. However, they didn't kill any animals during their ill-fated trespass, unlike the UCSC students.
Nevertheless, MTV plans to continue with the second season, which is scheduled to debut in September 2003. We wish them luck in avoiding yet another scandal before filming finishes.
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Posted by: AyaK on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 05:50 PM EST
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Zap2It reports that MTV is bringing back "Sorority Life" for a third season and "Fraternity Life" for a second season. Both new seasons have already been shooting and will premiere in September 2003. The new edition of "Sorority Life" will follow the girls of the Zeta Sigma Phi pledge class at the University of Southern California. "Fraternity Life" will focus on the University of California at Santa Cruz chapter of Delta Omega Chi.
"Last season, 'Sorority Life' and 'Fraternity Life' were run-away successes," says John Miller, executive vice president, Series Development & Animation, MTV. "We're excited to bring both shows to the West Coast and are looking forward to providing our viewers with a new look into the lives of women and men who strive toward diversity and breaking stereotypes within their Greek organizations."
The first installment of "Sorority Life" debuted on June 24, 2002 and focused on the ladies of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi at UC Davis. This season, both shows have focused on pledges to the Greek system at the University at Buffalo. As we reported previously, the boys of "Fraternity Life" ran into trouble after an incident trespassing at the Buffalo Zoo after hours, but ratings for both shows remained high.
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Posted by: Admin on Monday, May 05, 2003 - 07:29 PM EST
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Uh ... who had the bright idea to spin off the show about the college guys?
When we last looked, MTV had decided to focus on the University of Buffalo for both Sorority Life and its new spinoff Fraternity Life. Since its debut, Fraternity Life has walked into a buzzsaw of trouble. The fratenity depicted, Sigma Chi Omega, has had its chapter suspended by the university for televised events that seemed to be illegal hazing. And now, according to the Associated Press, three fratenity pledges may be facing criminal charges for a televised break-in at the Buffalo Zoo.
The pledges scaled a wall near the zoo entrance, walked among the animals for a while, discussed stealing one, and then scaled the wall again to leave. The zoo complained to both MTV and the district attorney's office. While MTV is stonewalling, in a matter of speaking, the D.A.'s office is investigating pursuing misdemeanor trespassing charges against the students, using the tape of their own actions as the evidence of their crime.
In addition, the pledges themselves have been summoned before a university disciplinary body for possible additional punishment. Sounds like a pretty heavy price to pay for the privilege of looking like a dope on national TV.
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Posted by: AyaK on Friday, March 28, 2003 - 08:29 PM EST
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The NY Post reports that MTV's upcoming second season of 'Sorority Life' and its spin-off 'Fraternity Life' reality TV programs will follow adventures of pledge classes from the University of Buffalo's local Greek organizations, Sigma Chi Omega fraternity and Delta Xi Omega sorority. As with the sorority featured during the first season of 'Sorority Life,' neither group is nationally affiliated.
According to the Post, most Greek organizations at the University of Buffalo are based in North Buffalo's slum-like neighborhood of University Heights, near the school's South Campus and live in small homes that house up to nine people. The Greeks do not usually live in cushy fraternity or sorority house like on other campuses or other MTV programming a la, "The Real World." But for these new shows, MTV took over the rent for some of the two Greek organizations' houses and redecorated the interiors so that they'd appear more snazzy on TV, according to industry sources. The network also rented separate homes for each pledge class so they can live together and be filmed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The two shows are expected to air back-to-back on Monday nights beginning in February and will follow six pledges from each organization.
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Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 05:33 PM EST
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BuffaloNews.com reports that MTV has ordered a second edition of 'Sorority Life' and will be filming it at a University of Buffalo sorority. An addition, a new second series called "Fraternity Life' -- featuring you guessed it, fraternity brothers -- will be filmed on the same campus. An MTV spokeswoman declined to comment, saying final agreements have yet to be signed, however sources say a formal announcement is expected next week.
MTV representatives have been busy in recent days securing housing in Buffalo's University Heights neighborhood near the UB South Campus for the two groups of pledges. They also have been looking at temporary office space to serve as local headquarters for the two programs for the next few months. MTV crews are expected to start shooting the two shows soon after Labor Day, timed with the start of the school year and the kickoff of the rush season.
For its second season, MTV wanted to give the show an Eastern flavor by choosing an East Coast college or university. The two locally shot series will begin airing in February, and reportedly will run back to back on Monday nights. Though the shows are being shot as separate entities, the 12 students are expected to cross over between the programs to some extent.
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Posted by: Admin on Monday, August 26, 2002 - 12:45 PM EST
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MTV's latest Real World wanna-be show, 'Sorority Life' premieres Monday, June 24th at 10:30PM. 'Sorority Life' follows a group of University of California - Davis students for 10 weeks as they pledge Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, a 4-year-old Jewish sorority that was previously little known on its own campus.
MTV rented, redecorated, lit and wired a four-bedroom home at the end of a quiet north Davis cul-de-sac, where six of the 14 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi pledges lived during the filming (wow, this show sounds even MORE REAL with each passing detail.) According to the Sacramento Bee MTV filled the house with Ikea furniture and camera crews and also put a heated pool and Jacuzzi spa out back.
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Posted by: Admin on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 12:37 AM EST
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