Sydney Hoback
WRD 110
Professor Hudgens
17 November 2015
Community Service and Philanthropies in Greek Life
My opening scene of my documentary is I am going to be filming while I walk past my sorority, Delta Gamma, and while I walk through Sorority Circle, getting footage of the different sorority and fraternity houses. No one specific is going to be in this footage except for maybe random people walking by. The purpose of the first scene is to let the audience know roughly what my topic will be about by receiving a glimpse of these Greek houses. During this footage, the song Sorority Girl by Luke Bryan will be playing. A line in this song says, “Yours sisters get you home when you're drunk off your ass.” The song then goes on to explain how sorority girls are loved by all boys because of how hot they are. I chose this song because in this documentary I am trying to inform the audience how sorority girls are misperceived. In the song, there was not one time where he mentioned anything about community service or anything about what sororities are actually about, which is friendship, philanthropies, and academics. I am going to let this song play for a little bit and then I am going to have a voiceover that comes on overtop of the music, and while the video is still the Greek houses. I am going to say:
“Often times, sorority women and fraternity men receive judgement as soon as he or she tells someone else that they participate in Greek life. Personally speaking, when I have too someone that I am in a sorority, it seems that every other person typically replies with a comment along the lines of “Oh wow you must be a big partier then” or “So you're one of those who pays for their friends.” Many times, people don’t know about the actual meaning of a sorority, which is the sisterhood, academic and philanthropy side. Today I am going to focus on the philanthropy and community service side of Greek life.”
I interviewed my friend, Warren, who is not associated at all with Greek life. For the questions that I asked him I am going to type out and project the text, in black letting with white background, in the video for the audience to read. After a few seconds, the video that I recorded of Warren answering the question will play. After he is done answering the first question, the next question will once again appear in black text on a white screen for the audience to read, and once again followed by a video of Warren’s answer. This will be the style of the formatting for the interview. Here are the questions and answers:
- Q: Have you ever heard of the term, “paying for friends and parties” when it comes to Greek life?
- A: Yes, all of the time
- Q: Do you believe in that term?
- A: I mean, it does make sense. It does cost a lot of money.
- Q: Are you aware of all of the community service and philanthropies that sororities and fraternities participate in?
- A: No I never really hear much about that kind of stuff.
I think that this interview shows an example of how sorority women and fraternity men are portraid. I believe that it shows a valid example how how many people who are not associated with Greek life don’t know what it is actually about. The next scene is going to be a video of me on screen explaining the previous interview and transitioning into the next scene. I am going to say:
“This interview is one example of what people who are not in Greek life view of it. I also did a survey with 10 people in my dorm who are not affiliated with Greek life and 7/10 of them did not know how involved Greek life is with community service and philanthropies, so now I hope to inform you all about a side to Greek life you may or may not already know about.” I think that this voiceover is a good transition to my next scene, which will be talking about philanthropies and philanthropy events.
The next thing that is going to flash up on the screen a text that says, “What is a philanthropy?” Right after the audience reads the question, a video of my friend, Maddie, who is in a sorority is going to talk about philanthropies and the events. At first, the video is just going to be of Maddie talking but after about thirty seconds, the screen is going to fade into some pictures of different philanthropy events, and even a video as she talks about them. She is going to start off by saying:
“Every sorority and fraternity here have their own philanthropy that they donate and raise money for. To raise a lot of money for these charities, each sorority and fraternity host a philanthropy event. Each event is different for every chapter, and they vary from throwing pie in people’s face to volleyball or flag football tournaments.” Now, pictures of different philanthropy events are going to be shown while Maddie continues to talk. Maddie is going to continue to talk about how fun and exciting philanthropy events are. Here is what she continues to say:
“Philanthropy events are so fun to participate in. Whether it is a volleyball tournament or a swim meet, the competition is always competitive and fun since you are competing against all of the other fraternities and sororities. Even if you don’t want to participate in the event, it is still very enjoyable to go watch with all of your friends and cheer on your sorority/ fraternity. Also knowing that all of the proceeded form the event are going to a charity makes being at the event that much worthwhile. This is why I think participating in Greek life is such a good experience, because personally, I would not be as involved in the community as I am if I was not in a sorority.” I think that this explanation of philanthropy events will be very informative to the people who do not know much about what sororities are actually involved in. The following pictures are pictures that are going to be showing while Maddie is talking. They are all pictures of different philanthropy events, showing how people can have a lot of fun giving back and getting involved and how girls and guys in Greek life do a lot more than just party. I also have a short video that I am going to insert here of a philanthropy event. It is a video of a belly flop competition and I’m going to use it to prove the humor and fun side of these philanthropy events. It was a video taken by Ashely Bremar.
After the pictures show and Maddie finishes talking, she then goes into more detail about a specific philanthropy event. She is going to say, “For better understanding, an example of a philanthropy event is…” and she will explain how this picture was taken of Delta Gamma’s volleyball team at Delta Sigma Phi’s philanthropy event, Volleyball in the blue grass. I have not recorded this part yet, but he will talk about how every sorority and fraternity create a volleyball team to participate in the tournament, and all of the proceeds from entering a team in the tournament, and buying a ticket will go to Delta Sigma Phi’s philanthropy, which is Red Cross.
The next scene is going to be the words that flash up on the screen that say “Greek life doesn't just stop at philanthropy events… They get involved as much as possible here in the community of Lexington.” I am going to have my other friend also by the name Maddie (not the same Maddie as before) talk about her involvement in the community. It is going to be a video of her talking about her volunteering somewhere a could of weeks ago. I do not have this recorded yet, but she is going to say something along the lines of how a few weekends ago her and I and about twenty-five other girls in our sorority volunteered at an event called Jesus Prom. Jesus Prom is an event held at a church for kids and adults with special-needs. Volunteers get a “date” (special needs kid or adult) for the night and help them have the best time of their lives by playing games or dancing with them. She will explain how much of an amazing experience it was and she would not have ever heard of this event or gone if it weren’t for our sorority. She will explain how one girl in our sorority mentioned it and immediately twenty-five girls said that they wanted to go and there was no other way that they would rather spend their Friday night.
I think that this relates perfectly to my topic because it shows hows girls are very involved in giving back to our community and care about a lot more important things than partying. The next scene is going to be a video of special needs kids playing baseball at Miracle Field. In the video, it shows my older brother, Tyler, volunteering to help the special needs kids play baseball. After a shot of the kids hitting and running around, I am going to have Tyler step aside to talk about Miracle Field and volunteering. Tyler is in a fraternity here at UK. This is what Tyler says in the video:
“I have been volunteering here at Miracle Field here in my hometown for the past eight years. Miracle Field is an organization where special-needs kids come to play baseball and teenagers or adults volunteer to help the kids run the bases or hit a ball or just be their best friends for an hour. When I came to UK as a freshman two years ago, I found out through my fraternity that there is a Miracle Field organization in Lexington. Ever since I found out, me and a bunch of my friends in my fraternity always go volunteer as often as we can. Its amazing how if you're ever having a bad day or week, after spending an hour or two with those special needs kids, your mood will totally change and become so happy. I am so fortunate and happy that my fraternity is so involved with Miracle Field, so I can continue to volunteer at places that I love. If I never was involved with Phi Delta Theta, I don’t think I would ever go. It makes it so much easier when you have brothers to go with because you can never say no when they ask.” I think that Tyler saying this really relates to my topic because he tells how grateful he is that he is able to be apart of a fraternity so involved.
For the next scene, it is going to to be a video of me talking about a source that I found relating students who are involved in community service and and leadership. I am going to say:
“I found this psychological study conducted by Phillips Hadley who wanted to see if there was a correlation between students who are involved in community service and leadership. Hadley found 500 random students and tested their involvement in the community and also tested their leadership skills. There turned out to be a positive correlation between students who are involved in community service and becoming a leader (Hadley, Phillips). I think that this is very important to my topic because it shows that if giving back and helping isn’t enough to want to get involved in Greek life, you can develop leadership skills that you will be able to keep with you for the rest of your life.
For my final scene, I am going to interview Warren again, the friend that is not in a fraternity who I interviewed at the beginning of this document. On the screen, the words are going to flash up and say, “After I explained in detail to Warren about philanthropy events and all of the charity that Greek life is apart of, I asked him a few questions again.”
Q: Did you learn a lot of new things about Greek life?
A: Yes, I have never heard a majority of that stuff
Q: Do you still believe in the term “paying for friends and parties?”
A: My view has definitely has changed a lot especially since I never have thought about what sororities or fraternities actually do. All I have done was believe in the common stereotypes. I think it is very interesting to know a lot more about Greek life.
Q: Would you consider greek life now?
A: It is definitely something that I will think about now.
The final scene of my documentary is a video of me talking and explaining everything. I am going to say:
“I hope that after today, everyone is more informed about Greek life and understands that the stereotypes of sorority girls and fraternity men are untrue. Personally, if I was not in a sorority, I would never be involved because I wouldn't want to go by myself, and I wouldn’t have other friends to push me and persuade me to go volunteer. If you get involved in Greek life, it may give you the push that you may need to get involved.
Works Cited
Bremar, Ashley. Anchor Splash, Aquatic Center. Photo and Video. 18 October
2015.
Bryan, Luke. Sorority Girl. Springbreak 2012.
Hadley, Phillips, et. al. "The Relationship between Intensity of Involvement and
Community Service Engagement in the Moral Development of Student
Members of Greek Organizations." Dissertation Abstracts International.
2010. Print.
Hall, Holly. "Red Cross Retools Its Fund Raising to Overcome a Troubled
Financial Picture." Chronicle of Philanthropy 22 (2009): 7. Web. 20
October 2015.
Hoback, Sydney. Delta Gamma’s Volleyball Team, Volleyball in the Bluegrass.
Personal photograph. 2015.
Hoback, Sydney. Miracle Field. Springboro, Ohio. Photo. 8 March 2015.
Riggs, Kelly. Delta Gamma’s Bring it On. Johnson Center Fields. 25 October
2015.
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