Hello, Cement City listeners.

I'm Margo Gray, here to share a preview of a new Odyssey original podcast.

While college is revered as a beacon of integrity and excellence, there is also a far more

complicated reality that's often overlooked.

From admissions to sports to Greek life, each episode of campus files reveals the inner

workings of a scandal that's unfolded across an American college or university.

These are the stories you won't hear on the campus tours.

Enjoy this preview and be sure to check out campus files wherever you get your podcasts.

So I am from Alabama and went to University of Alabama from 2010 to 2014.

This is Abby Crane. She's a third generation University of Alabama student.

Really not a whole lot went into choosing my school.

My dad went to Alabama and my grandfather on my mom's side went to Alabama.

Abby grew up watching Alabama football, which has a nearly religious following.

Ask anyone at Alabama, and they'll tell you that football is one of the two

dominant forces on campus, the other being Greek life. Alabama actually has the largest

Greek system of any university in the country, with over 12,000 members. To put that in perspective,

Alabama has more Greek members than Notre Dame has students. I want to say

it's like 25 to 30 percent of the total student population, which honestly is less than you would

imagine, but it's just so visible. The sorority houses are right across the street from the stadium.

The fraternity houses are the first thing you see when you drive into Tuscaloosa on campus.

They're these huge antebellum-esque houses.

Like the visibility of them kind of shows the weight we put into it.

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