The Secret Society Behind

[@ambpin2656]

Imma be honest with everyone and say that as someone who knows absolutely nothing about the ongoings of American colleges, I thought Bamarush was a ship name between Obama and Bush, and I have never been any more embarrassed in my life to share this information.

[@hanna1463]

i forreal thought the same thing 😭 and i live in the us

[@kristinayoung8070]

I really thought the same thing when I saw the title. I had no idea what the video would be about but just assumed that it had to do with them based on that word.

[@nicolehinkle637]

I live in the US, went to a US college, and thought it was an Obama/Rush Limbaugh thing (either ship or feud)

[@snail-teeth]

my first thought was big time rush for some reason

[@kristinayoung8070]

@@snail-teeth valid.

[@taylorlien569]

The off colors of the printed photos ABSOLUTELY adds to the ambiance of this video

[@tiffanyferg]

this was absolutely fascinating and kept me occupied while running errands today. A treat!!

[@ellipszilonq]

Queens supporting queens✨

[@FRANCISCARUSOworld]

I love your videos ❤

[@acegils]

as a tuscaloosa native, FINALLY SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF HERE IS TALKING ABOUT IT!!!! thank you for using your platform like this. we all know about it and it feels so hopeless. my dad was in college at UA when the machine ran a local family-owned business out of business all over an SGA election. because the SGA elections actually have an impact on local politics. it’s insane. edit: forgot to mention, i am a grad student at UA and went to high school with the girl that won homecoming queen in 2021… it’s all just crazy to witness firsthand

[@ok8297]

Who's here in May 2023 because of how bad the Bama Rush documentary was? This was honestly way better and interesting. You answered more questions than HBO did LMAOO

[@bungo7750]

Videos like this are EXACTLY why I come to KZbin - extensive essays on topics I’ve literally never cared about. This one is exceptionally good, too. I’ve watched a couple of your videos before but this one got me to subscribe (since I obviously kept forgetting to)

[@jupiterliam7961]

I watched this entire video and I'm still no closer to understanding what a fraternity or sorority are even for, other than underage drinking and corruption.

[@sydneygraham1470]

I find all the different terms really confusing

[@joelle4226]

Networking?

[@anjelicac4338]

My take is that they help people feel like a part of something bigger and can partake in some kind of culture/tradition. Especially those whose families are “legacy”.

[@LaurenLaass]

I was in one and I still don’t know the purpose either.

[@Raccoon_Chic]

I was in a sorority and ours was focused on doing community service . We spent a lot of weekends volunteering at certain events , animal shelters , cleaning up parks , etc. We also had parties and drank afterwards but we actually did try to serve a purpose .

[@emilyannewest3648]

I LOVED this video!! I currently go to The University of Alabama and am NOT in a sorority, although I know several very nice girls who are. I also have met a few girls who have dropped their sorority after being in it for a semester or a year, and several say that it is money related and have actually had a one girl say the way funds were allocated looked sketchy to her so she dropped. I think the average cost PER SEMESTER is $4,000 - $5,000 - and that is not including the money they spend on name brand clothing or outfits for date parties or outfits when they rush. It actually baffles me this is the cost of a college social sorority. Also, the machine is literally a running joke with everyone on campus now - if anything major happens, without hesitation, everyone half-heartedly jokes that it's the machine because we all know it more than likely actually is. I have had many conversations about how the machine is tied to the government and how it effects local and state votes, which is actually insane to even think about, much less have it be true. Again, LOVED your video; it was so well done and researched!

[@derekjones2604]

Shouldn't have to pay to be in a Greek anything college is expensive as it is

[@chloeng-lee1272]

Does sigma alpha epsilon just have a terrible reputation at every university? because at my school SAE is known to stand for "sexual assault expected"

[@angelairwaves]

Yuppp SAE was the only fraternity banned from my uní because a girl died at a house party the year before I came to school

[@eva-ms5td]

yea it was the same at my college in Arizona.

[@isalewis722]

I think that’s a national nickname…

[@JamieRoseLincoln]

Here it’s “sexual assault enthusiasts”

[@asthenolith]

@@eva-ms5td ASU right? I remember SAE and I think DAE were banned and I get the reasons mixed up but one had a girl get burned by a bonfire really bad (she might have passed away) and the other had a pledge drink himself nearly to death and I believe drowned in Tempe town lake... Ahhh gotta love frats 🥴 Editing to say I was thinking of DKE and TKE but I do remember something happening with SAE 😬

[@danicacassidy1672]

Looveee hearing about all of this I’m so interested in all of this! For my POC girlies who are interested in Greek life please DO YOUR RESEARCH on ALL Greek lettered organizations (because there are more orgs than Panhellenic Sororities) on your campus to look into the values of the organizations itself and the specific chapter at your school and hopefully you’ll find somewhere that welcomes you as an individual and wants to cultivate a relationship with you that can grow!

[@littlemissliv100]

One thing that sororities can do to promote diversity in their chapters is to eliminate “legacies” as an automatic pick. Zeta tau alpha recently said that legacy status didn’t automatically mean acceptance.

[@andenp8233]

Three minutes in and I'm loving the cursed vibes of your journey to making this video. The wand, the yarn, the subject matter. This kind of vision and follow-through deserves to be praised!! (I realize this sounds sarcastic, but it's not intended! Good vibes your way!)

[@meredithingels3417]

I lived on sorority row as a not sorority girl for a semester and a half. When I was moving in, cars almost hit a poor girl who was sitting on the curb crying with her hair curled and fancy dress. I’ve never felt such rancid vibes as Bama Rush

[@cal6137]

how these people have time to do this while also attending classes. but also it feels like people sometimes just go to college for the activities (rich people) vs it being a privilege

[@fruit4evr]

i’m in college rn, we have a very minimal green life culture, they don’t have a big impact on daily campus life and they’re rushing week is actually in our spring semester because of studies. no idea how people do it, personally i can barely hold everything together w just one club. (i just started college and so far, idk if it’s for me)

[@FifthAveAtFive]

It’s even more wow when they make phi beta kappa (honor society) while carrying a full class load, did performing arts, Greek life, on campus job, and 2-3 other smaller clubs. I know a few people like that from when I was in college at a private highly selective school.

[@milocrispin3910]

they have the time because they have the money not to work!

[@katietang248]

why is this more informative than the whole hbo bama rush documentary - you're incredible!!!

[@ashleynorton]

I was so let down by the HBO doc

[@JordanS-ww4eu]

@@ashleynortonyou’re very pretty I love your hair Ashley

[@Sszaardvark]

You GOTTA keep making those boards whenever it's even remotely relevant to the subject matter. I love it so much.

[@averyeml]

I went to a state college here in Texas (not one of the big fancy ones like UT or A&M but still) that has a pretty solid sorority collection. I got roped into trying to rush the big sororities by my roommate, who turned out to be a nightmare who would come home from sorority shit at like 3 in the morning, turn on all the lights, and be like “sorry but I’m gonna study for a few hours.” She also attracted ants by doing stuff like spilling mouthwash into her rug and never cleaning it. I got distracted. Anyway, I got kicked out of rush after the first day because I wore the wrong color shorts (I had missed the introduction meeting they’d apparently had a week before, and it was seen as me not being “dedicated” so they cut me first day) and so the next day I went to a community service day run by a bunch of non-Panhellenic sororities and frats and had a BLAST. I ended up joining one of the sororities, it was tiny and barely real but I became the pledge master who ran rush twice a year and while the sorority stayed small and ended up collapsing like three years after I left, the girls that came together during my time there and right after truly became sisters. Even now a decade later we make a point to go out and participate in each other’s lives even though we’re scattered across the country. I worked in bush Alaska right after I graduated and took the time and money to travel out for a baby shower. All this to say, big sororities are nuts, and these ones in particular are wild, but the actual concept can be very, very rewarding.

[@allira6259]

I'm from New Zealand and I am just... confused? mind-boggled? every aspect of this Greek/Bamarush/Sorority stuff is so foreign. Great video! I need to watch it again to get my head around everything! I love your stuff because I love listening to video essays about highly specific topics that I know nothing about :)

[@SamAronow]

Most countries banned Greek life in the early 19th century because they were leading clandestine revolutionary movements against absolute monarchy.

[@LydiaCalder94]

Really appreciate the bachelor references you bring my love of history, feminism, and trash tv

[@zacharywoodman6445]

Frankly, I had assumed the University of Alabama was just a fake front for the football team. Now I know the truth is worse.

[@Dixavd]

You mentioned being in a sorority yourself for long enough to even recruit people, so I'd be interested in you making a video about why you joined one and stayed with it. I'm not American so I only ever hear about this odd subculture when something truly awful happens. I've always thought they seemed like a nightmare, so I'm thankful they aren't a thing here. You seem capable of understanding their problems and yet you still joined one, so I''d be interested in what positives they bring.

[@ashleynorton]

Yeah I actually talked about it when I filmed, but I cut it cause my experience at a small school probably isn’t comparable. We didn’t have houses. Our chapters only had 50 girls. But the short version is I went to a commuter school that didn’t really have a lot of community and joined a sorority my second semester as a last ditch effort before transferring. I met my partner and a lot of my good friends through Greek life. It didn’t buy you friends, like I wasn’t besties with everyone. But it made it easier to meet people who also wanted friends and go to fun events together. Definitely wasn’t great all the time, but overall my experience was pretty positive

[@amandaredd3057]

@@ashleynorton I think a lot of people join for that sisterhood (or brotherhood for fraternities). I never did the greek thing but my cousin did (also a smaller school) and had a great experience

[@Dixavd]

@@ashleynorton Thank you for replying. Hearing you had a positive experience is great. I'm glad if brought you a partner, friends and happiness.

[@annaburpo1386]

@@ashleynorton i want to know what sorority u were in

[@LilyLewis771]

Not all of them are bad, but the bad ones tend to make the news the most, of course. I went to a university with a very casual Greek life- we had sororities/frats, and some co-Ed ones, and in general they were just the ones that had the expensive and fancy lakeshore houses, or threw the bigger parties. They were sometimes considered to be clique-y, and I’m sure there were some issues at some point with hazing or something because that’s likely impossible to avoid in any exclusive college student group, but they weren’t considered a menace or anything. One of my roommates was friends with a guy from a frat and we’d stop by their summer parties- it was a beautiful house and they’d chill and grill lake fish on a deck out back.

[@evaschluter4079]

The hazing within delta kappa epsilon or DKE is crazy they have a secret society called the friars. there is such minimal info but they are the ones who do weird shit with goats

[@neoclassicalder]

Hehe I may or may not have a friend who was in DKE who I harassed (lightheartedly) for years until he told me their secrets >:} what I did not expect was for the first words out of his mouth to be about a witch??? Not sure if that’s consistent among all chapters but supposedly his is haunted? by a witch and I love every single thing I heard about that. Honestly tho he was a pretty wholesome guy most of the weird stuff they did (goats indeed involved) seemed just kind of lame tbh 😬 I think all people with secrets should tell them to me it is the highlight of my life

[@savannaheckstrom7296]

@@neoclassicalderwhat did they do to the goats?

[@cierraking7953]

Not even finished with the video, and I can already see how thoroughly researched this is! I love how attentive you are in this regard- also just love your videos in general, no matter the topic! ❤

[@tedddybear]

This is an insane deep dive!! I’ve only seen a few of those rush tiktoks and thought nothing more of it, but the whole story and background is almost hard to believe. Props to you for putting together a fantastic video

[@anathetomato]

the bye sister video reference had me rolling laughing. you get us

[@themelonsoup]

I think joining a sorority specifically sounds like a nightmare

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I've always thought of sororities and fraternities as institutions for people who crave four additional years of high school (I was not one of those people), but this is quite a fascinating saga.

[@taissaf2998]

girl your hair and makeup in this video are STUNNING!!!!! You're seriously killing it lately - especially loved this video and your nancy drew game retrospective. genuinely love the fact that the topics of your videos are so varied. So glad I found your channel and im excited to see what you come up with next

[@kendall09]

As a person from Alabama and a loyal subscriber….. I have never been more excited for a video!

[@WinterWind]

This is so fascinating. Not being American to be honest I find the whole bama rush thing to be fascinating to begin with and now you have just added an extra layer to it

[@Marley-Kabin]

Okay but this video was better than the HBO doc??

[@ciaburri6159]

Your content is always a nice surprise cuz it's always something I'm not expecting but it never misses the mark.

[@brittondurst4262]

This is better than the bama rush documentary

[@oscarwildess279]

i remember once my friend whose in a big sorority in the south showed me a text her whole group got from one of the heads to vote for her mom in the local government and that everyone did it without question lol

[@haynesatteh4463]

Intriguing, I always knew there was more to life and i have also been looking for a way to find not only protection but a way to be influential to the human society..

[@bartholetbay412]

oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them.

[@haynesatteh4463]

@@bartholetbay412 hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth?

[@bartholetbay412]

@@haynesatteh4463 Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting..

[@haynesatteh4463]

@@bartholetbay412 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message

[@when-do-we-get-a-block-button]

im gonna cry why are there illuminati conspiracy bots here

[@catswiims5224]

This was so well done! even the ghostly pictures lol

[@noaw418]

I love this video. I understand none of it. This whole concept of sororities and fraternities, and them having such a massive and wide-reaching influence on actual governmental policy-making sounds buck-wild to my European ears. The most our student unions do is like... advocate for general student interests such as accessible healthcare and low-cost meals. Their main purpose is organising extracurriculars and parties, so you can make friends with people who study the same subject as you. After you leave school, no one really cares about which union you belonged to. Anyway, 10 out of 10 for this video, good research and interesting stories, contains Goose-cameo, love it.

[@shriya9925]

oh dw as an american (north east if that’s like relevant) it also sounds wild but at the same time not??

[@irvingwashington145]

You are still 🤐

[@irvingwashington145]

You

[@SamAronow]

You used to have them over there, but they were mostly shut down for being revolutionaries.

[@HeroesAndHeroiness]

I had no clue what this video was about before clicking on it. Still confusing, but utterly enthralled. Greek life is a fascinating topic

[@nami-ic5nv]

u never miss with video topics

[@restingsadface]

I don’t know anything about BamaRush or sororities in general but I did watch Brittany and Sarah’s podcast on it so I guess now I do! so great timing! ps. I love the content recently Ashley you’re doing so great and I’m honestly so proud 💖

[@ashleynorton]

I just watched that too! I’ll just pretend it was a planned collab

[@baileywalters1583]

I am a current sophomore at the university of Alabama, and especially since it’s homecoming season, we’ve been talking about the machine. I definitely believed in the machine, but I had no clue how old of an establishment it was, or how intentional it was. Really fascinating (although not super surprising) to learn the history behind it!

[@ryanfriscia1132]

Damn, and I thought my university's lightsaber fighting club was the peak of college life.

[@miriamlevenson9430]

i NEED to know where you want to school

[@ryanfriscia1132]

@@miriamlevenson9430 Most universities have public lists of active clubs, I'm sure you can find a school near you with something.

[@naruniya]

Oh my god this is crazy… my bf goes to ua and I just visited a few months ago. My own college does not have a strong Greek life presence so seeing the mansions and everything else was jarring yet impressive to say the least💀 aaand im Asian so all the sorority girlies were STARINGGG at me lmfao

[@caitlingill]

Oh my god, they were staring? I'm immediately saying ew to them

[@hblackburn5580]

I live in Mobile Alabama, and even at the University of South Alabama where I attended these things were a HUGE deal. I mean, generally speaking, at least in my experience, the few interactions I had with sorority members weren't too negative. My dorm apartment mate was in Phi Mu, after getting a full ride for winning the Jr. Miss (teen Miss America) Colorado pageant. In Mobile those are also a big big deal. She was super kind and tri-lingual, and was always willing to help with my homework, after she made sure to make me listen to her sing along to Frozen for the 1000th time. She jokes that you are kind of paying for friendships, but it's mostly paying for connections. I was an English major during the era of Portlandia and hipsters, so I just hung out with other pot smokers. I love seeing all these vids about Rush, but if you think these people are cult-y, you are in for a helluva ride when you find out how rabid UA football fans are. Well all college football fans that is. Both groups seem to forget what college is for, education just in case you didn't know, and the football fans, the more aggressive the fan, the more likely it is they didn't even graduate high school. Also, there are BIG BIG differences between Greek and non-Greek houses; the latter my mom (picture Luna Lovegood as an adult, that's how awesomely kooky she is) and the non-Greeks tended to be far more open to folks, and didn't normally participate in the hazing stuff. Finally, as if my rant here will be read, it's not just the race issue that needed to be addressed. My dorm mate said though they're not open with it, lesbians are often put on the chopping block first, and homophobia sadly is pretty rampant.

[@ElizabethT45]

I also had a college roommate in Phi Mu, she was waiting for a room to open up in the chapter house. She was a Miss Teen Michigan. I was never going to have a chance in that house.

[@75allen]

About the more aggressive the fan the more likely they didn't finish high school is such a true statement. The rabid fans are those who never stepped foot on campus as a student. It's crazy. I went to UA through a PhD and even when I was a young man, I never cared about the Greek stuff, or even the football stuff that much. Still don't.

[@chachee.mov.]

This video is better than the HBO Max doc, ty Ashley!

[@Thesharktemptress]

I was a freshman at Bama in 2012, coming from the North. People in my high school would be like "why do you want to go there?" or said they hadn't heard of it. It's so weird now that it's a national phenomenon....

[@ashleynorton]

My sister was also an out of stater! I feel like as more out of staters went, we all realized how wild UA can be

[@FifthAveAtFive]

So I’m also from the North (Minnesota to be specific) and I went to a small private school in Texas for college in 2010. My friend group had the same reaction. The culture shock of seeing more BIPOC people overall in my new city, but still having the familiarity of being in a predominantly white bubble at school that was a similar vibe as my whole hometown was interesting to say the least. I also joined a sorority my sophomore year and am still an involved alum as much as I can, although my alma mater only has local sororities and fraternities.

[@rosebolton5882]

As an Alabamian who never had the money for college but is of college age, this was crazy interesting to me. You did a fantastic job putting this together 10/10!

[@southernbrit3003]

I have a HS junior and live in Huntsville. A client of mine other day literally begged me not to send my kid to Bama

[@No1PlutoSupporter]

I went to a historical womens college (which basically functions like a national sorority after graduating) I am so interested in “secret” societies

[@No1PlutoSupporter]

Reading the comments of non Americans is so interesting. I’m not on tiktok but it’s fascinating to learn this sort of niche community within an already exclusive American culture reaches others in different parts of world and we’re all just watching these (most white) girlies rush

[@WinterWind]

I am not American and sorority & fraternity life in general is quite fascinating. As a child I sort of thought it was all made up for the movies lol

[@Zaviiite]

Girl, your outfit, hair and makeup for this video is so stunning!!! ❤

[@mads1004]

would love to see you make a video on why university of michigan no longer allows student orgs to use their union's student involvement tower and it's all been converted to mechanical storage (spoiler alert: it's a lot!)

[@jessewoodbury9769]

Circling back. THIS VIDEO DESERVES SO MANY MORE VIEWS. Amazing work! Informative, funny, and nuanced

[@cheesygrl12]

im back after watching the newly released BamaRush documentary on HBO. it was good but you delved WAY deeper into the machine and that’s what i found most interesting about this whole phenomenon

[@throwaway2294]

I’m pretty sure you’re just out of magenta ink btw haha also for the future when your printer is throwing a tantrum over colour, choose the “black and white monochrome” option instead of “greyscale”/printing a picture that’s already black and white, I’m pretty sure those use colour ink to make more vibrant black and white photos

[@ashleynorton]

Thank you! The printer won this round but not again

[@ligamentleg]

your interesting-ness combined with literally any random topic really keeps me on my toes lol thanks

[@courtneycoleman6849]

A lot of people are saying this video is better than the HBO doc that’s out now

[@CheersMyDudes]

46:59 “fil-an-tro-peey” 😂

[@MacieCatherine]

my step sister is in a sorority at bama and it’s always a little funny when i realize i know someone on the “inside” LMFAO one time i told a couple girls that and they were like ALABAMA??? and i was like yeah lol

[@hannahb.375]

I just graduated from an Alabama sorority last year and was a caucus rep for the machine it’s literally nothing like this now ever since students got nabbed on national voter fraud we just pick homecoming queen and SGA positions. And host like car washes lmao and help throw casino night for the Jason’s

[@grayzombie]

i think this is becoming a top 5 youtube channel for me. thank you ms. norton

[@RZTree]

I think this video just resulted in the very first time that I actively paused a video before falling asleep because I didn't want to miss any of it

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

0 dislikes, the machine hasnt found you yet. fascinating video - i never thought american college life was so complicated. now i know where the secret societies in the sims games came from lmfao.

[@spiderbakeryx]

As someone from the UK I have no idea whats going on, out universities are simply societies/clubs, sorieties seem frankly absurd and such a strange part of the university culture.

[@gerbiltoescam97]

As someone who never went to college, I don’t think I’ve clicked so fast. Ever.

[@RisIgrec]

watching this bc that doc was so terrible i needed to cleanse my palate lmfao

[@jovanysosa2218]

Crazyyy how my wifi turned off after watching this video. The Machine is watching!!!

[@masterstealth11]

I think I may be in love with you and your quest for deeper knowledge on these critical topics.

[@DGrassE]

I’m loving your channel I’ve been watching all week

[@flawless4224]

Okay just watched the BamaRush documentary and ISTG I leaned more from this video than I did from that

[@RZTree]

There's only 4 or 5 fraternities at Montana State and yet they still managed to uphold their national personalities - our SAE division got suspended for a year bc someone (who of course all the boys say was NOT a member) roofied a bunch of people at one of their parties yay fun

[@biancaportillo6552]

when i was in university it never crossed my mind to join a sorority and i went to a HSI that had quite a few diverse sororities that my friends did end up joining. hearing it from my friends now it’s such a serious thing they won’t tell me how the process of joining is bc it’s a secret that they can’t tell non sisters or whatever and it’s like 😭 girl im 25 who tf am i going to tell?! its kind of funny to dunk on Greek life bc it’s truly not that serious but to many it really is

[@sophiadefrance4704]

coming back to this after that flop of a documentary

[@bridget663]

Our odd special interests continue to intersect in the weirdest places. 😂

[@mamaocat]

ALSO i can't remember what year but there was a black boy running against a machine member who actually won (i even voted for him) and was harassed so bad that he ended up giving up his win and actually transferred schools. Noone ever talks about it lol most ppl dont remember it when i talk about it. Its like buried somewhere but its just another example of the Bizarre stuff thats goes on on campus but it is overshadowed by things like bamarush and football. Dont get me wrong bama has so good things about it but it can be super corrupt and elitist

[@ashleylewis7183]

FINALLY! Someone is talking about the machine

[@xelanameerf]

I did the exact opposite of this and took my ass to mortuary school… so rush culture and sororities are the most interesting thing to me. We talk about the embalming cases and removals we went on…. and these people are out here curating their jewelry sponsorships… What a life!

[@nuclearseahorse]

How timely! I feel like this covered all the things viewers of Violating Community Guidelines were waiting to hear on this topic

[@Pinkponyresistance]

This is so fascinating. What a strange, strange sect of society. I can't look away.

[@emilee4268]

Fascinating vid! Obsessed with the nick Saban cameo

[@mavinajfan]

My mom, aunt, and grandma were all tri deltas. I know that if I went to a bigger school, that had that sorority, I’d have been pushed to join. I don’t really understand sororities and fraternities and what they’re for. I’m getting my masters and the school I’m at does have Tri delta but at 33 it’s not really my scene. I’m an old lady now. Plus, I just don’t see the point. My mom has really good memories of her days in the sorority but honestly it’s done nothing for her outside of college she doesn’t even talk to any of her former sisters although she is quite an introvert. I can understand how joining a sorority would be beneficial if it helped you with networking or building relationships for when you leave college but I don’t really know, does it? My undergrad campus had 1 sorority and 1 fraternity and my roommate was part of the sorority, the girls I hated in high school, who went to my school were all a part of it as well. The pettiness and bitchiness I heard during rush week and elections etc really put me off. Again though, hasn’t done anything for my friend outside of college and she only talks to 1 or 2 former sisters from the sorority now 10 years after graduating. Unrelated but, I want that white dress that blonde girl was wearing towards the end of the video, that was so cute.

[@sarahpreston4558]

as someone who goes to a university without greek life: holy shit, i'm so glad we don't have greek life

[@caitlingill]

which university?

[@sarahpreston4558]

@@caitlingill rice university!

[@Lexii0777]

Your videos are literally a treat after a long week of work&uni ily

[@dizzyaster2606]

I literally got 42 minutes into this video before realizing that bama was short for alabama

[@cashcashmoney]

hey I'm a writer for the crimson white and thought this video was amazing!

[@milliereeves2215]

I like that I don't know what the next topic will be, I subscribed for the gamble 😅

[@TM-qf5xm]

As your typical Neanderthalic Auburn engineering graduate, I could not under normal circumstances care less about the intricate matters of political intrigue in university Greek life, particularly in the case of my alma mater's athletic rival. However, the historical depth and the breadth of social impacts researched and presented im this video had me pretty much enthralled, and feeling as though this is a subject of genuine significance. Perhaps this is also a credit to your storytelling. I am amused to say that I enjoyed this even more than the Danimals Sweepstakes video which led me to discover your channel. Thank you for putting this together. -T

[@Sarah-re7cg]

The “be a Michelle Obama, not a Cardie B” is saying literally be “one of the good ones”

[@randomsleepyness]

Just finished the Nancy Drew video. Expecting the unexpected.

[@ashleynorton]

There’s no theme - just chaos

[@abbyooooo]

you gained a new sub!! this video is fascinating and so well researched :)

[@lilxamryn]

3:49 we literally lived the same experience because i went to visit my friend at uva and saw the signs too and she was so nonchalant about it but that’s so scary

[@erinwestrick4393]

I swear I’d listen to you talk about anything

[@amandag2053]

I spent the whole video thinking "Straight Gay Alliance" instead of... student government association? or whatever you actually mean haha

[@qwitchyy]

God this is so bizarre. I’m from TN and went to a small university there, and my sorority experience was wildly different. I was even rush chair my junior year. We just never made this big a deal about it. We were just a chill group of people who liked to hang out at our super old house and get high lol

[@iamtheonewhowaits]

This is so much better than the hbo doc btw

[@rj9255]

it's wild how something that seems so surface has such a crazy history

[@welpppppppppppppp]

my uni has its own problematic secret society but it has nothing to do with greek life… i only know 1 person who was in a sorority and i guess i never realized how important it is to american college culture !!

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I'm kind of glad that this whole thing sounds as weird to most US Americans as it does to me a random German person who just was bombarded with this last and this year again in TikTok. Absolutely ridiculous and over the top and let's just say I'm not even a tiny bit surprised by the very racist past and present. One look at some of those sororities social media presences shows me enough of what kind of person they want in their ranks.

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

We technically have fraternities and sororities here too but let's just say they give similarly weird secret society cult vibes and most of them have a deeply problematic and racist past. Drittes Reich Hitler type of past. There aren't many anymore and most officially distance themselves very vocally but there are still enough rumors to not trust any of them.

[@taylorlien569]

Please make a video about the bar association I would love that

[@daydream1329]

my european ass is like: "This is intermediate, I am beginner"

[@Justasaddude]

Lmao I lived in Auburn AL where Auburn University is and I saw a bunch of dudes duct taped and lying on the side of the rode beside one of the frat houses 😂😭

[@bell_nicole]

Im german and know next to nothing about sororities and fraternities and how they work. Let me tell you this video is a wild ride (in the most positive way) and i am way too invested

[@SamAronow]

They were banned in Germany for being liberal revolutionary clubs.

[@isalewis722]

COB = continuous open bidding not competitive, though it is definitely competitive