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The March 10, 2005 Tufts student paper reports on an incident where fraternity pledges allegedly poured paint on sorority women. I have a question that the article (in the "Police Briefs" section of the Tufts Daily) doesn't answer: What the h*ck were people doing out "guarding" a "cannon" at four in the morning? Is this a work-study job at Tufts? A noble campus tradition that only sounds stupid to outsiders? Surely not some kind of required activity that might be considered hazing, I hope?

Just a snippet from the article:

Sorority members harassed while guarding cannon

Four sisters of an unnamed sorority complained that several fraternity pledges allegedly poured cans of paint on them while they were guarding the cannon next to Goddard Chapel on Sunday, March 6 at 4:03 a.m.

According to the sorority sisters, four pledges approached them while they were guarding the canon early Sunday morning. As one pledge distracted them, the other three allegedly poured "jugs of paint" on the victims.

As Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers arrived on the scene they spotted two of the female students distressed . . . the victims later positively identified the students.

Tufts officials informed the perpetrators that the incident would be documented and forwarded to the Dean of Students office.