UCO ATO Chapter Makes the News!

[Kevin]

This appears in the "Chicken Fried News" section of the Oklahoma Gazette -- an independant local paper.

"Party hard"

According to an Edmond police report, more than eight grand worth of group fraternity pictures from the Seventies and Nineties were reported stolen from the walls of a University of Central Oklahoma Alpha Tau Omega house recently as apparent revenge for a vewwy mean prank by one of the ATO members. Ooh, take that!

An alumnus of ATO was asleep upstairs when he wakened from his slumber to the sounds of yelling and the banging on interior doors — knowing that the loud, drunken parties weren’t scheduled to start until that evening, his senses compelled him to head downstairs.

The man told Edmond police that about eight to 10 people were inside the house searching for an ATO member who’d allegedly shaved all the hair off another person. Uh, what happened to putting his hand in a warm glass of water? Too Fifties for ya? Of course, we were also partial to the shaving cream/tickling prank. Wow, maybe we are old.

As the ATO alum thought the group was leaving, he retreated to his quarters but heard noises a few minutes later and arrived back downstairs to find the pictures missing.

With one stinging prank (henceforth known as “The Close Shave”) avenged with another semi-stupid prank (henceforth known as “The Great Frame-Up”), CFN can only assume this bitter, brotherly acrimony will escalate into the great UCO Frat War of ’04. Stay with us; we’ll keep you informed.