Dinky's full name is Demetria Rosemead (Sydney's Kappa sister), a play on the sister of Snow White in the original stories named Rose Red, who is as fair as Snow White is dark.
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 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) when the dwarfs sing Hi Ho with the signs replacing the pickaxes.