Sydney's Kappa sister Dinky's full name is Demetria Rosemead, a play on the character of Rose Red from the fairy tale "Snow-White and Rose-Red" - which is actually a different, unrelated story, although also collected by the Brothers Grimm.
Each one of the dorks is one of the dwarfs: Lenny: Sneezy; Terrence: Doc; Jeremy: Bashful; Gurkin: Grumpy; Spanky: Happy; Embele: Sleepy; George: Dopey.
Another Snow White reference: When Sydney is sleeping in the library, the view from outside the glass window looks like the glass coffin that Snow White slept in.
Cast and crew were given 35 days to shoot the film.
During the Student Government campaign: The Seven Dorks are carrying wooden campaign signs over their shoulders. As they pass Rachel, one says 'Hi Ho', and another says 'Bye Ho.' This is a clear allusion to the scene in Walt Disney's Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1937) when the dwarfs sing Hi Ho with the signs replacing the pickaxes.