My letter to the campus/city editors
In April of 2002, the MSU greek panel found Pi Kappa Phi violated the system's anti-hazing and anti-discrimination policies and ordered the fraternity to write letters of apology and attend educational seminars. The panel also suspended the fraternity for one semester, prohibiting social gatherings at the house. The panel publicized the offense and the punishment.
The Pi Kappa Phis had made their pledges wear T-shirts with offensive language on them into a campus dining hall.
Last week we learned that the women's soccer team has hazed their rookies, and we are assured by the Athletic Director that "the coach will handle this."
The soccer team had made the girls wear diapers, and painted the girls to resemble a tampoon.
I think there needs to be a bit of fairness applied here. If the fraternity is suspended for hazing, let's suspend the soccer team and the offending players.
Let's not let the MSU jock culture sweep this under the rug.
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