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by: Curious

Which sororities at bama are backed by the machine?

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#1  by: All of them except   
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Alpha Phi, DG, Gamma Phi, SDT, and Theta

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#2  by: Confused   
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What is the machine?

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#3  by: Me too   
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Yeah, what's the machine?

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by: definitionMar 4, 2013 7:37:46 AM

ma?chine
/məˈSHēn/
Noun
An apparatus using or applying mechanical power to perform a particular task.
Verb
(esp. in manufacturing) Make or operate on with a machine: "a decoratively machined brass rod".
Synonyms
engine - machinery - device - mechanism - motor

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by: ^Mar 4, 2013 8:43:26 PM

I know the Machine, I was just being a smartass. But really, Google. Wikipedia even has a full article on it.

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#4  by: If you have to ask   
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you can't afford it.

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#5  by: Actually,   
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as of this year, DG and Theta are apparently backed by the machine. So it's every sorority besides Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi.

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by: DG? Really?Mar 4, 2013 1:48:18 PM

How did they manage that after being back on campus less than 2 years?

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by: ActuallyMar 4, 2013 2:00:19 PM

They were backed before they left campus. Guess it's a lifetime membership.

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by: ieMar 7, 2013 12:22:18 AM

I don't think DG or Theta is machine

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#6  by: A-hem   
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It's all about money paid into an account for a big party. And SGA campaigning. But they don't back sorority members for SGA jobs, they're only backed for homecoming queen.

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#7  by: Veteran    
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I'm not affiliated with greek life at Alabama, but The Machine is not that big of deal. An alumni told me about it and she went to Alabama about 30 years ago and it was there then. They just decided on who they're going to support in SGA, Homecoming, etc. things like that. The Crimson White made it seem like an unfair advantage to others, but in reality it's all how politics work. It's not some secret horrid thing that many make it out to be.

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by: YeahMar 5, 2013 12:49:15 PM

The Machine is just a more formalized version of what Greeks do pretty much everywhere else. At other schools IFC and Panhellenic will tell people what Greeks are running for offices and whatnot and more often than not Greeks win a lot of positions. Still as far a prominence in Greek life at Alabama goes, the Affiliated houses tend to be the strongest.

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#8  by: whoa!   
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its a conspiracy!!!

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#9  by: So..   
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No one really knows......

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#10  by: GPhi and APhi    
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The only two houses not affiliated are a Theta and SK!

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