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Originally posted by hoosier
Fraternity boy Ryan Sopelsa was in his room during a February party when he saw a pledge being carried out of a Delta Tau Delta bedroom, struggling to breathe after a night of hazing...
_____This week, the 116-year-old fraternity was the school's first ever ordered shut down for the following year because of hazing practices. Fraternity members pleaded guilty before a judiciary hearing to five of seven alcohol-related charges, including hazing.
_____DTD's president, who hoped to persuade administrators to punish his members by relegating them to educational anti-alcohol programming, said never was a pledge made to drink excessively.
_____``That characterization is patently false,'' said Noah Ornstein, 20. ``Neither attendance nor drinking was compulsory.''
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Don't you love the attitude of the article? "Fraternity boy..."
Putting that aside, this is swell. We have a 116 year old chapter closed and it was the "first" in the history of the University? The administration must spend a lot of time looking the other way.
Once again, we see violations from a chapter (unfortunately, one of ours) breaking the rules while already on probation.
Then, we have an underaged chapter president arguing the matter. He probably doesn't drink himself. Right.
I'll be seeing our International President at a dinner this evening. It'll be interesting to see if he will comment on this since it is ongoing.