24 Caltech students wearing Superman capes, tutus ... rescued

[hoosier]

(If this was a GLO, the charter would be mailed to the natl., the members expelled from the school, and the house burned. I predict this dorm gets an hour of community service.)

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regs...s/2244272.html

Two dozen Caltech students wearing Superman capes, tutus and other odd attire as part of a hazing stunt were rescued after getting stranded on the Mount Wilson Toll Road.
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"You've got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient," said deputy Greg Gabriel, who leads the Altadena Search and Rescue team.

The annual Mount Wilson Night, when freshmen are initiated into the Page House dormitory at Caltech, started off as planned Monday night, Caltech sophomore Nick Goeden said Tuesday.

The group had a large dinner before dressing the freshmen in costumes and parading them throughout Pasadena. The young men and women were then taken to the Mount Wilson Observatory for the planned 10-mile descent down the road.

A quarter-mile from the bottom, the group got stranded in Eaton Canyon where the landslide blocked ...

[hoosier]

California Education Code -- Sections 32050-32051:

32050 -- "As used in this article, 'hazing' includes any method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to such an organization which causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger, physical harm, or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in physical or mental harm, to any student or other person attending any school, community college, college, university or other educational institution in this state; but the term 'hazing' does not include customary athletic events or other similar contests or competitions."

32051 -- "No student, or other person in attendance at any public, private, parochial, or military school, community college, college, or other educational institution, shall conspire to engage in hazing, participate in hazing, or commit any act that causes or is likely to cause bodily danger, physical harm, or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in physical or mental harm to any fellow student or person attending the institution. The violation of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or both."

[frathole]

Has nothing to do with a fraternity or sorority.

[Tom Earp]

Dah, still points out that R M is not only in the Rhelm of Greeks.

It also ponts out that Greeks are not the only ones even though We as Greeks get accused of it more often!

It also relates to Calif. Codes I beleive!

It also relates to not only High School but College Instituations.