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Since this is happening just down the street from me, I can say something about how much trouble this has caused for the Greek Community here.
First off, if you'd like to see the picture copy and paste this address into your browser.
http://www.geocities.com/skurz2001/du_boys_gettin__whacked.jpg
Second, I think the article included the other risk management situations in order to make it seem like that this is something that is inherent to greek life, and the fact that we don't hear about at Nebraska means that the Greek system is just good at covering it up. The Daily Nebraskan (campus newspaper) is notorious for being anti-greek for the most part. Anti-greek columnists (and there are several) will usually put out at least one anti greek column per semester, and the staff members who are greek seem not to be in positions of influence.
The biggest problem from the fallout of this is that DU was a respectable house, one that not many had problems with. The charges (they are far from allegations or accusations as the picture is to incriminating) have done a lot to discredit the reputation of the Greek system, particularly in our claims of not hazing. All of sudden when I say I wasn't hazed people are quick to question b/c DU supposedly didn't haze...
In the end more than anything else people are angry...
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