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Princeton: We'll Suspend Freshmen Who Rush Frats

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:27:58 CDT

So much for those wild and crazy first few weeks of college. In keeping with a belief that fraternities and sororities promote social exclusiveness, Princeton University says any freshman who joins, rushes, or pledges to a Greek organization starting this fall will face suspension. The Ivy League school has a...

Gross Hazing Charges Rock Dartmouth

Rob Quinn — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:06:57 CDT

Dartmouth College is in a tizzy over allegations of some seriously sick hazing at one of its fraternities. Former Sigma Alpha Epsilon member Andrew Lohse caused an uproar with a school newspaper column describing how pledges were pressured to swim in kiddie pools filled with puke and rotten food. The...

Mom Sues Frat Over Son's Hazing Death

Rob Quinn — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:00:00 CDT

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is facing a $25 million lawsuit over the alcohol-related hazing death of a Cornell University student, reports the AP . George Desdunes, 19 years old and already a full-fledged member of the frat, had his hands and feet bound in a mock kidnapping ritual and was...

USC Students Stage Protest Over Sexist Frat Email

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:48:19 CDT

Almost a month after a sexist email surfaced advising "cocksmen" on the rites of pursuing "targets," dozens of USC students stalked out of class and staged a boisterous protest. The email is believed to have been penned by a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, and has gone viral, spawning...

New Fraternity Cuisine: Kegs and Creme Brulee

Luke Kelly-Clyne — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:57:52 CST

Ken Cobb has given up locales like the Playboy Mansion for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat at Southern Methodist University. Part of a growing number of highly trained chefs leaving upscale restaurants, country clubs, and even the high table of Hugh Hefner to cook for the college set, Cobb has...

USC Frat Email: Women Are 'Targets,' Not Actual People

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:09:31 CST

A fraternity email from a member of USC's Kappa Sigma chapter details how to be an effective "cocksman" and breach a woman's "pie"—vagina—or "gullet"—mouth and throat. "I will refer to females as 'targets," notes the author in his missive to his frat bros. "They aren't actual people...

More Fallout for Yale Frat's Rape Chant

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:50:29 CDT

A Yale fraternity is coming under further scrutiny after pledges were heard chanting "No means yes! Yes means anal!" among other gems last week. The executive director of Delta Kappa Epsilon has told the chapter to suspend all pledging activities, and is due to drop by campus for a tete...

Yale Frat's Rape Chant Caught on Tape

Kevin Spak — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:44:20 CDT

A major Yale fraternity was forced to apologize yesterday, after its members marched past the college’s Old Campus—where most first-year women are housed—chanting “No means yes, yes means anal,” and “F---ing sluts,” among other sexist comments. Several were blindfolded. The incident, part of Delta Kappa Epsilon’s pledge ritual,...

Glenn Beck Fans Blame Frat Prank for 53 Towed Cars

Rob Quinn — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:00:00 CDT

Dozens of Glenn Beck fans who emerged from an event at the University of Central Florida to find their cars gone say they were the victims of a fraternity prank. They followed signs directing them toward free parking, only to later discover that their cars had been towed from a...