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CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

Set at a fictional university , all the characters reside in a fraternity sponsored house within the confines of university grounds . All the characters are an attempt to break stereotypes , and come from regularly viewed backgrounds found in American society

Marcus Pullman

Senior , African-American middle-class from New York

Marcus Pullman is not a star athlete , or the campus drug dealer . He is as about as average as they come , with a good GPA , an interest in football and baseball , but an even stronger interest in environmental issues and obtaining

a degree in political science . He is one of many American families from the middle-income band , with a father who is a NY firefighter and a mother who works as a legal assistant at a law firm

Marcus is part of a small statistic , an alarming statistic of overall African-American males in universities in America . According to an article in 2004 , today , black men make up 41 percent of the inmates in federal state , and local prison , but black men are only 4 percent of all students in American institutions of higher education (Maxwell . It has to be said , however , that circumstance is everything , and whilst Marcus is part of a 4 statistic , he is also one of 17 of blacks age 25 and older who had a bachelor 's degree or more in 2005 (US Census 2007

Marcus has been in the fraternity since his Freshman year and is seen as a figurehead of the house

Simon Li

American-Asian , Freshman , music student from Louisiana

It isn 't unusual for there to be a diverse ethnicity in fraternities but it is also been cited as something as irregular . According to some fraternity members , this comes down to simply just a matter of comfort Minorities don 't rush because they are intimidated by the stereotypically white Greek system " Ngan said . On the other hand "a lot of minorities do rush , they are just more comfortable hanging out with people of the same ethnic background (Brubaker , 2000

Simon Li is a `Rushee ' and a freshman music student from Louisiana . He is a second generation American-Asian , with roots in China . According to the census bureau , Louisiana has a registered American-Asian population of 1 .4 (2005 ) with 2 .5 of firms owned by Asians in the state . Simon Li 's parents own and operate a chain of successful auto-part stores - and nothing related to restaurants or grocery stores , as is often the stereotype . Having grown-up in Louisiana , Simon has a soft spot for anything Cajun , as well as an interest in music - from country to bluegrass . His predominant interests do not lie with traditions , but with incorporating grassroot sounds with techno , or club music

Dermot Ozzie ' Sullivan

Australian , Sophomore , medical student

International students continue to make-up a large percentage of undergraduates at American universities . According to Hahn-Koenig within Philadelphia , more than 11 ,000 are enrolled in the city alone with thousands more studying elsewhere in Pennsylvania (2007 . Whilst the Australian university system is considerably...

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