Starting the new academic* year with another "you really can't let them out in public" news story, this one involving some U. of Virginia pledges visiting and allegedly vandalizing at Union College (Theta Delta Chi):
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/sto...storyID=713540
The follow-up news from Schenectady:
Each faced one count of third-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, but the charges were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal this afternoon in City Court on the recommendation of Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney.
In return, the students paid $1,950 - or $150 per person - to cover the cost of cleaning the house. The students were to be escorted back to the frat house to gather their personal belongings.
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/aug/20/0820_frat/
Edited to add another news site's update:
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/sto...ry=SCHENECTADY
excerpts:
police and college officials say 13 pledges from the frat's University of Virginia chapter . . . . pried open a second-floor window at the house and partied hard.
They drank, smoked pot and urinated on at least two couches before campus safety patrols noticed people in the house and contacted city police at 3:23 a.m. Wednesday, officials said.
. . . In court, a man who identified himself as a fraternity member from Manhattan said he had come to bail out his brothers. He declined to give his name. . . .
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* "academic" is used somewhat loosely here, I admit