And pray tell, what happened here? We don't know from the article, a short snippet that deals only in vague 'charges' being brought for something that could go either way, from relatively benign to perhaps serious.

Your jump to make this out to be serious, even before hearing out the facts, shows your dislike for UF_Pike as the motivation for the post - just let the guy ride, who knows what really happened here?

I'm sure you'd expect the same respect from others should you be put in this situation . . .

I think that worse things have happened within certain fraternities than a group of pledges taking pictures with the SAE lion... I heard part of the problem was with the fact that the lion is part of their fraternal heritage... according to rumor they paint that lion gold everytime the take a girls virginity so hey a few naked butts can't be much harm...

I take it was from a good source?

It wasn't from personal experience if that was what you were implying... almost everybody at UF knows that... where have you been? :confused:

That was from UFKappaGrL

Usually, it's only during Homecoming that SAE paints their lion gold. Though I'm not sure about the other times it's painted...

And, a funny little fact - in 1957, my mother painted the UF SAE lion....and did not get caught!

Well, actually, she got caught staying out past curfew...but no one ever found out!

They just randomly paint that lion. They paint it themselves for big games, homecoming, initiation, etc. Everyone else trashes it. My ex is an SAE and I've asked him about the painting, what happens if you get caught...there's not much to the story. I think we all just have more fun speculating.

Did y'all see how cute it is today? ADPi raided their house for Homecoming and put a bow and pearls on the lion with red lips.

ps: when I graduate I'll be able to boast about this...;)

The conclusion...

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/i...b03pike25.html