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Hello Tyra
I've been watching your show. I thought of an idea for your show, Hero's in your life. I have a fiance that i have been with for two years. When i meet him he told me had a liver transplant at the age of 27. No reason it just failed on him, his not a drinker nor a smoker. It took him 2 years to ask me to marry him, which he proposed in january. Then tables turn and he got sick again. He has been in and out of the hospital since febuary and has been in for 2 months now. August 7 2008 he got a liver and kidney transplant. The kidney didnt take so now his twin will have to donate. The hospital that he is in is the university of maryland and they have been taking wonderful care of him. he is still very sick and in the ICU now. In all i had to move in with him to help pay his bill, and he lost his job. I have been back and forth to work and the hospital every day. I want to give him something to lift his spirits when he gets home. The rason for this is cause he is a wonderfull man any one who has meet him knows this well. He has always wanted to do everything for me and this time i want to do something for him. This is where you take place he loves the saints. he plays on the fantisy league and watches all the games. maybe some tickets or to be able to meet them. Even helping us with our wedding. i would also like to reconise his twin for going through all of this and still being a good police officer, he likes the bears. Thank you for listening. Take care and god bless
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jeanette | August 15, 2008 7:25 PM
Dear Tyra,
We are Phi Eta Psi, a local sorority located at State University at Geneseo, NY. In that respect, we are a family. We are deeply in need of a makeover. Though not related by blood, it is our struggles, trials, and tribulations that have bonded us as sisters and as a family. With that being said, we are deeply in need. As members of a Greek organization, we vowed to love one another, support one another, and positively impact the community around us. Combined with the struggles that we have faced personally and as an organization, we have found ourselves face to face with a struggle to not only save our sorority, but to save our spirits. Our sorority house is a shining representation of the struggles that we face. Located on the lower end of campus, our house is overgrown, over cluttered, and horribly maintained. Broken windows and missing floor boards decorate the outside of our rented house, poorly maintained by our landlord. The sisters living in the house constantly struggle to pay the high cost of rent, bills, and dues. In return, the paneling of our house is cracked and deteriorating, and the walls of the house are made from makeshift pieces of ply wood, leaving gaps. Holes in the basement and countless broken windows give local animals a hideaway, in that respect, we are contributing to the wellness of our community. (Hey, since they're in our house, they won’t be in yours!) Our house is where all of our most sacred rituals take place; it is how we recruit new members, and it is meant to be a sanctuary for our sisters. Instead, it is an eye sore to say the least. We are located on the local street where the fraternities live, and our lawn is decorated with empty and broken bottles. Sleep comes seldom, due to the constant noise radiating from the active street. Dizzy college students help themselves onto the property and break our windows, banister, and make a ruin of all the things we are responsible for on the lease. Academics are affected because of the constant distraction, and our morale is dwindling away.
All attempts made to beautify the house have been in vain, because of the rowdy nature of those who inhabit the area. The house is unsafe and unsecure, and had been broken into by partiers looking for a souvenir from our organization. All of our books, composites, décor, photo albums and all other sorority memorabilia are under constant threat of theft. Some sisters who had lived in the house had to leave after only two months. We are in need of a home for a family, not just simply a house. A home indicates prosperity, positive energy, and love. Finding this would inspire us and give us new life.
We are the smallest sorority on campus, and struggle continuously to afford the necessities. We can barely buy our yearly composite, which is a staple for every organization. In addition to this, we are made up almost entirely of minority students. On a predominantly white campus, we fight against many stereotypes. We represent women, minorities, Greek life, etc. We are a representation of so much more than people can first perceive, and our short comings are interpreted not only as a failure on our part, but on the part of the Greek community, the minority community, and females. Judged by strict standards on a less than diverse campus, we find ourselves becoming uninspired by the plight that we face. There are problems within our sorority as well. We have many sisters facing personal dilemmas. A few examples include one sister who had to leave for over a year because of her ongoing and brave battle against depression. Another sister has been recently inspired to speak against drinking recklessly after being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance. We have sisters who have their permanent families overseas, and we have sisters with fiancés serving valiantly in Iraq. Some of our sisters come from communities that look at college as a luxury, and don’t fully support or understand the drive for higher education. Some sisters have had immense academic problems, in addition to financial problems, and are in danger of returning to the neighborhoods that hindered their success. We are being torn down by issues but being made stronger each step of the way by banding together and fighting through adversity. Personal problems have been hurting our ability to keep positive and work coherently towards a better tomorrow for our sorority. We pride ourselves on our ability to still give back to our community. We commute 30 minutes at least once each week and read to under privileged children in a women’s shelter. We have only seven sisters in our organization, and struggle with paying for gas and donating to other charitable causes. While other organizations donate to walks and have matching shirts with catchy slogans, we donate every penny that we have out of pocket, and try to match the color of our shirts. We find that although it is a struggle to attend all the volunteer events, we still do everything that we can to contribute to our community, keeping the interest of those who are truly in need at heart.
We fund our organization entirely out of pocket, making personal sacrifices. On occasion we have sacrificed a trip to the supermarket so that we could donate our money to organizations that support cancer research, lupus research, and other distinguished organizations. This past semester we found ourselves unable to attend the March of Dimes and asthma walks in Rochester, although we had planned for months. We could not afford gas money to go nor could we afford to give any donation. We were embarrassed by our inability to attend, and again, because we represent so much more than just Greek life; it was a failure in the eyes of all others.
Our sisters are extremely bright individuals, who are very creative and positive. We have many ideas that would benefit not only the students on our campus but the community around us. Recently, we have developed an innovative idea that would distinguish us from all other Greek organizations on campus. We would like to develop a yearly scholarship for incoming females, based on academic excellence and community service. This would not only benefit the interest in being active in the Greek community, but it would also help the recipient by relieving an immense financial burden. In addition to the scholarship, the sisters would like to save money to donate to a Catholic Church so that they may aid in the building of a women’s school in Tanzania. Unfortunately, we are unable to pay this out of our pocket and have not been successful in finding sponsors to help with these ideas.
It is hard to stay positive, be successful, be happy, and most of all to recruit. It is hard to attract new members because our struggles are so evident to those around us. Our organization was founded only fourteen years ago, but we believe so strongly in the moral principles upon which we were founded. We do not want to be the end of something so beautiful, and something that so many people before us have contributed to. We all know that we can prosper; there is endless potential within us as an organization and as people. We are all wholeheartedly dedicated to the revival of our organization. A revival is exactly what we need; we need new hope and new inspiration. Next year is our fifteenth anniversary and we are struggling to plan, present, fund, and manage it. There is an endless list of responsibilities that lie on our shoulders. To our sisters, we view our 15th anniversary as the turning point in either our extinction as an organization or its rebirth. It is hard to imagine how our sisterhood will be able to provide financially for the anniversary and to transform our dismal house into something that we can truly be proud of.
Please come and help us, we are truly in need of assistance. Any help would relieve our plight immensely, and you would truly be helping a family in need. We ask for help but we are unsure of what would remedy our situation. It feels as if we are drowning, and we don’t know what we need but all we know is that we need help. Through your support, we can better ourselves and our community. It is a benefit not only to us, but to all those whom we impact daily. Our struggles go far beyond a simple struggling organization; we represent women and minorities everywhere. Anything would not only help, but inspire. We ask sincerely for anything possible. You will forever be in our thoughts and prayers only for your consideration. God Bless.
Love, The Phetas.
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Nancy | August 9, 2008 4:18 PM
PLEASE my friend needs help. heres her story of what has happened to her in the past 9 years, her mother died from lukemia when she was 11 years old, her dad started drinking a lot, her sister died her senior year of college from a disease that made her immune system eat away instead of helping her body, her dad is now a horrible alcoholic he lost everything, shes 19 years old trying to make it through but she cant get help with college because of issues with dad, shes sleeping at her aunts house on the floor, the house has 4 other children. its like shes never experienced happiness its one bad thing after the other. she works and studies so hard. PLEASE help her she NEEDS it i gave her my word as a friend id do anything and EVERYthing that i can she has lost two of the closest women in her life. please please please please please
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Jenna | August 9, 2008 4:15 PM
i need help to pay for sugery i am transgender can you help please me 850 276 9728 i been threw doctor cares 5 years i try to overdose and i sent docements to tv talk show they want help me i take hormonesi call sprint they ask for david and they say that you are not david they hang up on me they think i am a girl
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david | August 6, 2008 7:53 PM
hello tyra,i have watched bowwow on your show and you guys were talkin about teenager fallin inlove with his/her lover and can have sex if the love is 4 real.I think it's not right cos,if the girl is pregnant she can't go to college and the boy becomes a father at his low age.Now,contraceptives is not allowed to be used by right order, only for infected married couples and them street boys/girls who have sex anyhow and its also 4 prostitutes.If anyone is thinkin about avoiding aids through protected sex,REMEMBER people can get it through kissing e.g.if the person has a cut in the mouth....THANKS FOR COOPERATION
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| July 28, 2008 9:12 AM
hello tyra,i have watched bowwow on your show and you guys were talkin about teenager fallin inlove with his/her lover and can have sex if the love is 4 real.I think it's not right cos,if the girl is pregnant she can't go to college and the boy becomes a father at his low age.Now,contraceptives is not allowed to be used by right order, only for infected married couples and them street boys/girls who have sex anyhow and its also 4 prostitutes.If anyone is thinkin about avoiding aids through protected sex,REMEMBER people can get it through kissing e.g.if the person has a cut in the mouth....THANKS FOR COOPERATION
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| July 28, 2008 8:43 AM
hello tyra,i have watched bowwow on your show and you guys were talkin about teenager fallin inlove with his/her lover and can have sex if the love is 4 real.I think it's not right cos,if the girl is pregnant she can't go to college and the boy becomes a father at his low age.Now,contraceptives is not allowed to be used by right order, only for infected married couples and them street boys/girls who have sex anyhow and its also 4 prostitutes.If anyone is thinkin about avoiding aids through protected sex,REMEMBER people can get it through kissing e.g.if the person has a cut in the mouth....THANKS FOR COOPERATION
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| July 28, 2008 8:37 AM
Hi Tyra...I have a great Idea...this week I have been closely watching your show regarding large and thin people and the effects it has on people. Especially where the two young ladies put on a fat suit (well one did) and had to walk around being overweight and the episode with rating the spouses..How about a show with large gals with thier skinny friends and what they think. I am a THICK & Sexy gal...I have it tattooed on my back...and my friends are skinny....Iknow we always have tiffs here and there about weight and i hate when they complain and say they are fat when they are a size 7.....If they are "FAT" what the heck am I...."GIGANORMOUS? LOL....for real though...i would love to have my bestfriends in my shoes...I use to be VERY skinny and with time and no money or tiem to exercise...I have gained a lot of weight...we have known each other for over 9 years....and we all have our own views...and men, our weight and "attention" or how they see me or others perceive me are always a big topic on our conversations. My husband even seems NOT to care about how big I get though I know he would love if I lost weight
Tyra i am 12 and my mom is 38 i think you should have a mom v.s daughter talk about boys.
My think I shouldnt date boys because she thinks all boys want is sex but i dont thing so its up to us as girls to say no.
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Adria | July 1, 2008 12:45 PM
Dear Tyra,
I have been watching your show for a long time and find it refreshing to watch something so empowering to women. As a college student supporting myself, I find it hard to sometimes find the power from inside to get me through the day when I have to worry about school, work , friends, MONEY, and eventually finding a job.
In my situation, I moved 1,000 miles away from home to start my college life in a new state and with new friends. At first it was hard, but with an outgoing personality, it began to get much easier.
Although school has always come relatively easy for me, I have never found it easy to juggle a full-time school schedule, 30 hours a week of work, friends, homework and finances. Sometimes its so stressful that I just sit and run my brain dry trying to figure out how to make it easier. I know that I am a very strong person, but how do others who aren't so strong make it through?
Then, you have the OTHERS. These are the students who parents pay for them to not only go to college, but for an apartment, gas, food, credit card, and fun money (a.k.a....lets use our parents cash to buy beer for me and all of my friends).
These college students don't even have a clue to what it is like to work and support themselves. They're used to money and daddy paying every bill and putting money in their checking account whenever they want.
Tyra, I want you to do a social experiment that trades these 2 college students lives. I want to relax by the pool and get a tan, while someone is working my 30 hours a week. Let's give a college student a taste of the real world.
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Amanda | June 4, 2008 8:39 PM
Since so many teenagers are overweight, how about putting them on a diet NOT designed for their Moms! "The Diet for Teenagers Only" is the first ever scientifically designed diet for teens-so they don't miss out on bone growth.
It's also lovingly written and full of self esteem promoters, including this amazing line
"Daughter, I cannot give you anything perfect or pure, but I can give you this, the fierce love of your body that no one can take away"
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Barbara | June 1, 2008 9:24 AM
A great social experiment would be to have me quit my job and see if my husband would actually support his own family by himself for one year. We have always been working professionals, even while dating. During all of our years together, he has always relied on my income in one way or another. We had children right away after getting married, and he made it clear that I had to work fulltime and place our children in childcare because he didn't want to ever be poor or struggle by not having a second high income. For me, these five years have been a struggle of missing my children and dealing with high pressure sales jobs, having to leave the children with his sister because that's what he wanted and recently finding out they were being physically abused there.
Can we learn to survive on one income and will the children be happier at home with my undivided attention? Will the oldest learn to behave himself and not bully children with fewer people around? Can I make my online business successful enough to help us get by?
Can my husband learn to look past his millionaire dreams and prove that he will be committed for rich or for poor?
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Rebecca | May 30, 2008 8:12 AM
I know you have done this type before but maybe with a twist...I would like to see a before (makeover)Meth user with good education apply for jobs...then after makeover apply at same jobs my guess is No hire before and interview after makeover...If you decide to do this I have a 40 year old x meth user in mind she is currently in prison and has promised a change of heart...she has 5 kids.
her mother died at 19
her father was murdered at 24
her life has always been hard
she has taken while incarerated a lot of classes and is getting her microsoft certification and is a very smart lady.
her teeth are bad
her face is pocked badly
her children are adorable
i visited her and she said that no one has ever done anything for her.....i am giving her a motorhome to live in when she gets out of prison this sept 20 she is completely open of her past and her using...I believe in her and wish she could get a makeover she is a beautiful women inside
thank you so much for your consideration....!!!
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jenny | May 25, 2008 11:04 AM
Hi Tyra,
It would be interesting to conduct an 'experiment' on which guys u think r decent guys based on external appearances. I met a rather good-looking guy on a match-making website (he appears very decent looking & dressed like any normal IT geek would) & we chatted for half a year before we met in my country. Everything seems perfect with him wanting to relocate & get a new job as a lecturer to stay closer to me. Then about a year & a half later, we bagan speaking about marriage. Then one day while I went abroad to work on a 2-month project, he suddenly dumped me via email & disappeared! When I returned & looked for him, he seemed be be apologetic about his behavior & said he would re-consider our relationship and needed time to think. Then he began his 'cold treatment' on me, disappearing without calling me for days. Finally, I stumbled upon an old email password of his on my laptop which he once used, and found that he was accessing porn sites - even when we were together & was already contacting other girls from the same match-making website & others before I even left to work abroad. After confronting him, he agreed to go for addiction counselling. But then he 'disappeared' on me again for weeks. The fact I didn't tell him then that I could acess his 2 email accounts allowed me to check on him. It turned out that he was secretly chatting up other girls again after putting a stop to porn viewing, and even bad-mouthing me, telling other girls that I was the bad person who 'forced' him to do things while witholding the truth about his severe porn addiction. I even tried to inform his parents in Italy to encourage him to go for counselling, but they refused to believe me & think I am the villain as he told them. Finally, after two months of intense prayers, one day I stumbled upon an email which I overlooked, and found out that he was secretly sleeping with his landlord's wife for two months while I was away on work! His fantasy about women was enhanced when the landlady seduced him to spite her husband who cheated on her earlier. According to the counsellor, his addiction had reached such a bad level that he desperately needed to act out his fantasies. I found out that he even ordered a video tape on a dark movie featuring violent rape of a young girl. Although it was very traumatic & painful to forget everything (he now treat it as if we never met), I am now very glad that I did not marry a fool whose greatest weakness is women. The fact is, looks are deceiving. This man whom I had trusted based on his assuring words & decent countenance turned out to be a porn addict monster! I hope u would feature a show on the dangers of meeting men on the web as most of them r perpetual cheaters & always looking for better & sexier 'deals' to hook. Tyra, I hope u would encourage women to check up on their guy before choosing them as partners or husbands (preferrably listen to friends' advice). My good friend married a porn addict knowingly & thought it was normal for men to look at porn, until he cheated on her with multiple sex partners & now attends monthly sex orgies.
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Therese | May 2, 2008 3:44 AM
Dear,Tyra
My names Steve and i have a huge passion for music i can't see my self doing any thing else with my life. I've dropped out of school to pursue this dream full time. I would really love an opportunity to come on your show and show you and the world what i can do. So my music can get the exposure it needs. I have great songs and im highly marketable. If you gave me the chance to do this i could get my mother out her depressing marriage. She married a man that is extremely verbally abusive he calls us NIGGERS and he says i make MONKEY MUSIC the normal person would take there 3 kids and leave but my mother does not have a high school education and has not worked in 5 years. So we are souley dependent on him. Tyra i would give any thing ANY THING to get away just get out of this house but im stuck. My music is my only real escape please can you help.
www.myspace.com/enursha13
music page^^^^
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steven | May 2, 2008 12:33 AM
I think you should do another ville but mixing in adults with the teens. Maybe you could get the parents from the first teenville and have the teens be in charge of them. It could show the relationship between parents and teens and show the parents and how they use discipline.
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RDC | May 1, 2008 11:21 AM
I would like to see a show about "in the closet" cross-dressers. Many are married and their wives don`t have a clue as to what they do. You can use me as a social experiment, Dress me up as a female, and get reactions from people on the street when they find out I`m a guy. Tyra, you can go as my boyfriend if you like. lol
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Randy | April 30, 2008 5:54 PM
Hey Tyra! I think you should do a show about brand names like "Hollister" and "Abercrombie" and how people look and dress when they are teens and how it affects how other people treat them. If you had someone dress in all non brand names and had them wear glasses and no makeup, and then got someone to wear all brand names and makeup, have them walk in to a high school. It's a true problem that people face. I love you and you are such an inspiration!
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Marissa | April 30, 2008 4:08 PM
HI TYRA! MY NAME IS LEN AND I AM A BIG FAN OF YOUR SHOW. I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.I AM A FULL-FIGURED WOMAN WHO DOES NOT GET ALOT OF ATTENTION FROM MEN(IN MY MIND).I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT.MY FRIENDS,FAMILY AND OTHERS ALWAYS TELL ME HOW PRETTY I AM AND THAT I SHOULD BE MARRIED.I'VE REALIZED THAT,BUT WHAT'S THE HOLD UP! OK, BACK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND.MAYBE YOU CAN DO AN EXPERIMENT ON FULL-FIGURED WOMEN.MAYBE NOT JUST ON FULL-FIGURED WOMEN,BUT THE MEN WHO LOVE THEM.THEN YOU CAN SEND THEM TO CHICAGO TO MEET ME! LOL! WELL, ITS JUST A THOUGHT.MAYBE YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN PLAY AROUND WITH IT TO MAKE IT A FUN SHOW. THANX
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LENICIA | April 30, 2008 12:09 PM
Hey Tyra!!!
I would love to be a model on your show. I have been doing it since i was a child but I have recently stopped. i would like to get back into it. I am 5'7 and I may be short but i can always make it work.
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Hello Tyra
I've been watching your show. I thought of an idea for your show, Hero's in your life. I have a fiance that i have been with for two years. When i meet him he told me had a liver transplant at the age of 27. No reason it just failed on him, his not a drinker nor a smoker. It took him 2 years to ask me to marry him, which he proposed in january. Then tables turn and he got sick again. He has been in and out of the hospital since febuary and has been in for 2 months now. August 7 2008 he got a liver and kidney transplant. The kidney didnt take so now his twin will have to donate. The hospital that he is in is the university of maryland and they have been taking wonderful care of him. he is still very sick and in the ICU now. In all i had to move in with him to help pay his bill, and he lost his job. I have been back and forth to work and the hospital every day. I want to give him something to lift his spirits when he gets home. The rason for this is cause he is a wonderfull man any one who has meet him knows this well. He has always wanted to do everything for me and this time i want to do something for him. This is where you take place he loves the saints. he plays on the fantisy league and watches all the games. maybe some tickets or to be able to meet them. Even helping us with our wedding. i would also like to reconise his twin for going through all of this and still being a good police officer, he likes the bears. Thank you for listening. Take care and god bless
Posted by: jeanette | August 15, 2008 7:25 PM
Dear Tyra,
We are Phi Eta Psi, a local sorority located at State University at Geneseo, NY. In that respect, we are a family. We are deeply in need of a makeover. Though not related by blood, it is our struggles, trials, and tribulations that have bonded us as sisters and as a family. With that being said, we are deeply in need. As members of a Greek organization, we vowed to love one another, support one another, and positively impact the community around us. Combined with the struggles that we have faced personally and as an organization, we have found ourselves face to face with a struggle to not only save our sorority, but to save our spirits. Our sorority house is a shining representation of the struggles that we face. Located on the lower end of campus, our house is overgrown, over cluttered, and horribly maintained. Broken windows and missing floor boards decorate the outside of our rented house, poorly maintained by our landlord. The sisters living in the house constantly struggle to pay the high cost of rent, bills, and dues. In return, the paneling of our house is cracked and deteriorating, and the walls of the house are made from makeshift pieces of ply wood, leaving gaps. Holes in the basement and countless broken windows give local animals a hideaway, in that respect, we are contributing to the wellness of our community. (Hey, since they're in our house, they won’t be in yours!) Our house is where all of our most sacred rituals take place; it is how we recruit new members, and it is meant to be a sanctuary for our sisters. Instead, it is an eye sore to say the least. We are located on the local street where the fraternities live, and our lawn is decorated with empty and broken bottles. Sleep comes seldom, due to the constant noise radiating from the active street. Dizzy college students help themselves onto the property and break our windows, banister, and make a ruin of all the things we are responsible for on the lease. Academics are affected because of the constant distraction, and our morale is dwindling away.
All attempts made to beautify the house have been in vain, because of the rowdy nature of those who inhabit the area. The house is unsafe and unsecure, and had been broken into by partiers looking for a souvenir from our organization. All of our books, composites, décor, photo albums and all other sorority memorabilia are under constant threat of theft. Some sisters who had lived in the house had to leave after only two months. We are in need of a home for a family, not just simply a house. A home indicates prosperity, positive energy, and love. Finding this would inspire us and give us new life.
We are the smallest sorority on campus, and struggle continuously to afford the necessities. We can barely buy our yearly composite, which is a staple for every organization. In addition to this, we are made up almost entirely of minority students. On a predominantly white campus, we fight against many stereotypes. We represent women, minorities, Greek life, etc. We are a representation of so much more than people can first perceive, and our short comings are interpreted not only as a failure on our part, but on the part of the Greek community, the minority community, and females. Judged by strict standards on a less than diverse campus, we find ourselves becoming uninspired by the plight that we face. There are problems within our sorority as well. We have many sisters facing personal dilemmas. A few examples include one sister who had to leave for over a year because of her ongoing and brave battle against depression. Another sister has been recently inspired to speak against drinking recklessly after being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance. We have sisters who have their permanent families overseas, and we have sisters with fiancés serving valiantly in Iraq. Some of our sisters come from communities that look at college as a luxury, and don’t fully support or understand the drive for higher education. Some sisters have had immense academic problems, in addition to financial problems, and are in danger of returning to the neighborhoods that hindered their success. We are being torn down by issues but being made stronger each step of the way by banding together and fighting through adversity. Personal problems have been hurting our ability to keep positive and work coherently towards a better tomorrow for our sorority. We pride ourselves on our ability to still give back to our community. We commute 30 minutes at least once each week and read to under privileged children in a women’s shelter. We have only seven sisters in our organization, and struggle with paying for gas and donating to other charitable causes. While other organizations donate to walks and have matching shirts with catchy slogans, we donate every penny that we have out of pocket, and try to match the color of our shirts. We find that although it is a struggle to attend all the volunteer events, we still do everything that we can to contribute to our community, keeping the interest of those who are truly in need at heart.
We fund our organization entirely out of pocket, making personal sacrifices. On occasion we have sacrificed a trip to the supermarket so that we could donate our money to organizations that support cancer research, lupus research, and other distinguished organizations. This past semester we found ourselves unable to attend the March of Dimes and asthma walks in Rochester, although we had planned for months. We could not afford gas money to go nor could we afford to give any donation. We were embarrassed by our inability to attend, and again, because we represent so much more than just Greek life; it was a failure in the eyes of all others.
Our sisters are extremely bright individuals, who are very creative and positive. We have many ideas that would benefit not only the students on our campus but the community around us. Recently, we have developed an innovative idea that would distinguish us from all other Greek organizations on campus. We would like to develop a yearly scholarship for incoming females, based on academic excellence and community service. This would not only benefit the interest in being active in the Greek community, but it would also help the recipient by relieving an immense financial burden. In addition to the scholarship, the sisters would like to save money to donate to a Catholic Church so that they may aid in the building of a women’s school in Tanzania. Unfortunately, we are unable to pay this out of our pocket and have not been successful in finding sponsors to help with these ideas.
It is hard to stay positive, be successful, be happy, and most of all to recruit. It is hard to attract new members because our struggles are so evident to those around us. Our organization was founded only fourteen years ago, but we believe so strongly in the moral principles upon which we were founded. We do not want to be the end of something so beautiful, and something that so many people before us have contributed to. We all know that we can prosper; there is endless potential within us as an organization and as people. We are all wholeheartedly dedicated to the revival of our organization. A revival is exactly what we need; we need new hope and new inspiration. Next year is our fifteenth anniversary and we are struggling to plan, present, fund, and manage it. There is an endless list of responsibilities that lie on our shoulders. To our sisters, we view our 15th anniversary as the turning point in either our extinction as an organization or its rebirth. It is hard to imagine how our sisterhood will be able to provide financially for the anniversary and to transform our dismal house into something that we can truly be proud of.
Please come and help us, we are truly in need of assistance. Any help would relieve our plight immensely, and you would truly be helping a family in need. We ask for help but we are unsure of what would remedy our situation. It feels as if we are drowning, and we don’t know what we need but all we know is that we need help. Through your support, we can better ourselves and our community. It is a benefit not only to us, but to all those whom we impact daily. Our struggles go far beyond a simple struggling organization; we represent women and minorities everywhere. Anything would not only help, but inspire. We ask sincerely for anything possible. You will forever be in our thoughts and prayers only for your consideration. God Bless.
Love, The Phetas.
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Posted by: Nancy | August 9, 2008 4:18 PM
PLEASE my friend needs help. heres her story of what has happened to her in the past 9 years, her mother died from lukemia when she was 11 years old, her dad started drinking a lot, her sister died her senior year of college from a disease that made her immune system eat away instead of helping her body, her dad is now a horrible alcoholic he lost everything, shes 19 years old trying to make it through but she cant get help with college because of issues with dad, shes sleeping at her aunts house on the floor, the house has 4 other children. its like shes never experienced happiness its one bad thing after the other. she works and studies so hard. PLEASE help her she NEEDS it i gave her my word as a friend id do anything and EVERYthing that i can she has lost two of the closest women in her life. please please please please please
Posted by: Jenna | August 9, 2008 4:15 PM
i need help to pay for sugery i am transgender can you help please me 850 276 9728 i been threw doctor cares 5 years i try to overdose and i sent docements to tv talk show they want help me i take hormonesi call sprint they ask for david and they say that you are not david they hang up on me they think i am a girl
Posted by: david | August 6, 2008 7:53 PM
hello tyra,i have watched bowwow on your show and you guys were talkin about teenager fallin inlove with his/her lover and can have sex if the love is 4 real.I think it's not right cos,if the girl is pregnant she can't go to college and the boy becomes a father at his low age.Now,contraceptives is not allowed to be used by right order, only for infected married couples and them street boys/girls who have sex anyhow and its also 4 prostitutes.If anyone is thinkin about avoiding aids through protected sex,REMEMBER people can get it through kissing e.g.if the person has a cut in the mouth....THANKS FOR COOPERATION
Posted by: | July 28, 2008 9:12 AM
hello tyra,i have watched bowwow on your show and you guys were talkin about teenager fallin inlove with his/her lover and can have sex if the love is 4 real.I think it's not right cos,if the girl is pregnant she can't go to college and the boy becomes a father at his low age.Now,contraceptives is not allowed to be used by right order, only for infected married couples and them street boys/girls who have sex anyhow and its also 4 prostitutes.If anyone is thinkin about avoiding aids through protected sex,REMEMBER people can get it through kissing e.g.if the person has a cut in the mouth....THANKS FOR COOPERATION
Posted by: | July 28, 2008 8:43 AM
hello tyra,i have watched bowwow on your show and you guys were talkin about teenager fallin inlove with his/her lover and can have sex if the love is 4 real.I think it's not right cos,if the girl is pregnant she can't go to college and the boy becomes a father at his low age.Now,contraceptives is not allowed to be used by right order, only for infected married couples and them street boys/girls who have sex anyhow and its also 4 prostitutes.If anyone is thinkin about avoiding aids through protected sex,REMEMBER people can get it through kissing e.g.if the person has a cut in the mouth....THANKS FOR COOPERATION
Posted by: | July 28, 2008 8:37 AM
Hi Tyra...I have a great Idea...this week I have been closely watching your show regarding large and thin people and the effects it has on people. Especially where the two young ladies put on a fat suit (well one did) and had to walk around being overweight and the episode with rating the spouses..How about a show with large gals with thier skinny friends and what they think. I am a THICK & Sexy gal...I have it tattooed on my back...and my friends are skinny....Iknow we always have tiffs here and there about weight and i hate when they complain and say they are fat when they are a size 7.....If they are "FAT" what the heck am I...."GIGANORMOUS? LOL....for real though...i would love to have my bestfriends in my shoes...I use to be VERY skinny and with time and no money or tiem to exercise...I have gained a lot of weight...we have known each other for over 9 years....and we all have our own views...and men, our weight and "attention" or how they see me or others perceive me are always a big topic on our conversations. My husband even seems NOT to care about how big I get though I know he would love if I lost weight
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Tyra i am 12 and my mom is 38 i think you should have a mom v.s daughter talk about boys.
My think I shouldnt date boys because she thinks all boys want is sex but i dont thing so its up to us as girls to say no.
Posted by: Adria | July 1, 2008 12:45 PM
Dear Tyra,
I have been watching your show for a long time and find it refreshing to watch something so empowering to women. As a college student supporting myself, I find it hard to sometimes find the power from inside to get me through the day when I have to worry about school, work , friends, MONEY, and eventually finding a job.
In my situation, I moved 1,000 miles away from home to start my college life in a new state and with new friends. At first it was hard, but with an outgoing personality, it began to get much easier.
Although school has always come relatively easy for me, I have never found it easy to juggle a full-time school schedule, 30 hours a week of work, friends, homework and finances. Sometimes its so stressful that I just sit and run my brain dry trying to figure out how to make it easier. I know that I am a very strong person, but how do others who aren't so strong make it through?
Then, you have the OTHERS. These are the students who parents pay for them to not only go to college, but for an apartment, gas, food, credit card, and fun money (a.k.a....lets use our parents cash to buy beer for me and all of my friends).
These college students don't even have a clue to what it is like to work and support themselves. They're used to money and daddy paying every bill and putting money in their checking account whenever they want.
Tyra, I want you to do a social experiment that trades these 2 college students lives. I want to relax by the pool and get a tan, while someone is working my 30 hours a week. Let's give a college student a taste of the real world.
Posted by: Amanda | June 4, 2008 8:39 PM
Since so many teenagers are overweight, how about putting them on a diet NOT designed for their Moms! "The Diet for Teenagers Only" is the first ever scientifically designed diet for teens-so they don't miss out on bone growth.
It's also lovingly written and full of self esteem promoters, including this amazing line
"Daughter, I cannot give you anything perfect or pure, but I can give you this, the fierce love of your body that no one can take away"
Posted by: Barbara | June 1, 2008 9:24 AM
A great social experiment would be to have me quit my job and see if my husband would actually support his own family by himself for one year. We have always been working professionals, even while dating. During all of our years together, he has always relied on my income in one way or another. We had children right away after getting married, and he made it clear that I had to work fulltime and place our children in childcare because he didn't want to ever be poor or struggle by not having a second high income. For me, these five years have been a struggle of missing my children and dealing with high pressure sales jobs, having to leave the children with his sister because that's what he wanted and recently finding out they were being physically abused there.
Can we learn to survive on one income and will the children be happier at home with my undivided attention? Will the oldest learn to behave himself and not bully children with fewer people around? Can I make my online business successful enough to help us get by?
Can my husband learn to look past his millionaire dreams and prove that he will be committed for rich or for poor?
Posted by: Rebecca | May 30, 2008 8:12 AM
I know you have done this type before but maybe with a twist...I would like to see a before (makeover)Meth user with good education apply for jobs...then after makeover apply at same jobs my guess is No hire before and interview after makeover...If you decide to do this I have a 40 year old x meth user in mind she is currently in prison and has promised a change of heart...she has 5 kids.
her mother died at 19
her father was murdered at 24
her life has always been hard
she has taken while incarerated a lot of classes and is getting her microsoft certification and is a very smart lady.
her teeth are bad
her face is pocked badly
her children are adorable
i visited her and she said that no one has ever done anything for her.....i am giving her a motorhome to live in when she gets out of prison this sept 20 she is completely open of her past and her using...I believe in her and wish she could get a makeover she is a beautiful women inside
thank you so much for your consideration....!!!
Posted by: jenny | May 25, 2008 11:04 AM
Hi Tyra,
It would be interesting to conduct an 'experiment' on which guys u think r decent guys based on external appearances. I met a rather good-looking guy on a match-making website (he appears very decent looking & dressed like any normal IT geek would) & we chatted for half a year before we met in my country. Everything seems perfect with him wanting to relocate & get a new job as a lecturer to stay closer to me. Then about a year & a half later, we bagan speaking about marriage. Then one day while I went abroad to work on a 2-month project, he suddenly dumped me via email & disappeared! When I returned & looked for him, he seemed be be apologetic about his behavior & said he would re-consider our relationship and needed time to think. Then he began his 'cold treatment' on me, disappearing without calling me for days. Finally, I stumbled upon an old email password of his on my laptop which he once used, and found that he was accessing porn sites - even when we were together & was already contacting other girls from the same match-making website & others before I even left to work abroad. After confronting him, he agreed to go for addiction counselling. But then he 'disappeared' on me again for weeks. The fact I didn't tell him then that I could acess his 2 email accounts allowed me to check on him. It turned out that he was secretly chatting up other girls again after putting a stop to porn viewing, and even bad-mouthing me, telling other girls that I was the bad person who 'forced' him to do things while witholding the truth about his severe porn addiction. I even tried to inform his parents in Italy to encourage him to go for counselling, but they refused to believe me & think I am the villain as he told them. Finally, after two months of intense prayers, one day I stumbled upon an email which I overlooked, and found out that he was secretly sleeping with his landlord's wife for two months while I was away on work! His fantasy about women was enhanced when the landlady seduced him to spite her husband who cheated on her earlier. According to the counsellor, his addiction had reached such a bad level that he desperately needed to act out his fantasies. I found out that he even ordered a video tape on a dark movie featuring violent rape of a young girl. Although it was very traumatic & painful to forget everything (he now treat it as if we never met), I am now very glad that I did not marry a fool whose greatest weakness is women. The fact is, looks are deceiving. This man whom I had trusted based on his assuring words & decent countenance turned out to be a porn addict monster! I hope u would feature a show on the dangers of meeting men on the web as most of them r perpetual cheaters & always looking for better & sexier 'deals' to hook. Tyra, I hope u would encourage women to check up on their guy before choosing them as partners or husbands (preferrably listen to friends' advice). My good friend married a porn addict knowingly & thought it was normal for men to look at porn, until he cheated on her with multiple sex partners & now attends monthly sex orgies.
Posted by: Therese | May 2, 2008 3:44 AM
Dear,Tyra
My names Steve and i have a huge passion for music i can't see my self doing any thing else with my life. I've dropped out of school to pursue this dream full time. I would really love an opportunity to come on your show and show you and the world what i can do. So my music can get the exposure it needs. I have great songs and im highly marketable. If you gave me the chance to do this i could get my mother out her depressing marriage. She married a man that is extremely verbally abusive he calls us NIGGERS and he says i make MONKEY MUSIC the normal person would take there 3 kids and leave but my mother does not have a high school education and has not worked in 5 years. So we are souley dependent on him. Tyra i would give any thing ANY THING to get away just get out of this house but im stuck. My music is my only real escape please can you help.
www.myspace.com/enursha13
music page^^^^
Posted by: steven | May 2, 2008 12:33 AM
I think you should do another ville but mixing in adults with the teens. Maybe you could get the parents from the first teenville and have the teens be in charge of them. It could show the relationship between parents and teens and show the parents and how they use discipline.
Posted by: RDC | May 1, 2008 11:21 AM
I would like to see a show about "in the closet" cross-dressers. Many are married and their wives don`t have a clue as to what they do. You can use me as a social experiment, Dress me up as a female, and get reactions from people on the street when they find out I`m a guy. Tyra, you can go as my boyfriend if you like. lol
Posted by: Randy | April 30, 2008 5:54 PM
Hey Tyra! I think you should do a show about brand names like "Hollister" and "Abercrombie" and how people look and dress when they are teens and how it affects how other people treat them. If you had someone dress in all non brand names and had them wear glasses and no makeup, and then got someone to wear all brand names and makeup, have them walk in to a high school. It's a true problem that people face. I love you and you are such an inspiration!
Posted by: Marissa | April 30, 2008 4:08 PM
HI TYRA! MY NAME IS LEN AND I AM A BIG FAN OF YOUR SHOW. I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.I AM A FULL-FIGURED WOMAN WHO DOES NOT GET ALOT OF ATTENTION FROM MEN(IN MY MIND).I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT.MY FRIENDS,FAMILY AND OTHERS ALWAYS TELL ME HOW PRETTY I AM AND THAT I SHOULD BE MARRIED.I'VE REALIZED THAT,BUT WHAT'S THE HOLD UP! OK, BACK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND.MAYBE YOU CAN DO AN EXPERIMENT ON FULL-FIGURED WOMEN.MAYBE NOT JUST ON FULL-FIGURED WOMEN,BUT THE MEN WHO LOVE THEM.THEN YOU CAN SEND THEM TO CHICAGO TO MEET ME! LOL! WELL, ITS JUST A THOUGHT.MAYBE YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN PLAY AROUND WITH IT TO MAKE IT A FUN SHOW. THANX
Posted by: LENICIA | April 30, 2008 12:09 PM
Hey Tyra!!!
I would love to be a model on your show. I have been doing it since i was a child but I have recently stopped. i would like to get back into it. I am 5'7 and I may be short but i can always make it work.
Posted by: asisat | April 30, 2008 7:50 AM