In defense of hazing: Critics of fraternities at Dartmouth and other colleges have it all wrong
It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen: In the basement of a fraternity at Dartmouth College, I watched as two of my best friends stood on either side of a trash can. They had just competed to see who could drink the most beer in the shortest amount of time.
Now they were attempting to “pull the trigger,” inducing vomiting to get rid of the 15 cups of beer in each of their stomachs.
But there was a twist. The first guy reached his hand into the mouth of the second guy, attempting to pull his trigger for him, while the second guy did the very same thing to the first guy. Soon enough, they both succeeded in helping each other disgorge the beer.
In awe, I whispered to the person standing next to me, “It’s like watching two kittens lick each other clean.”
Over the past few months, such activities within Greek organizations at Dartmouth and elsewhere have come under scrutiny, due mostly to claims made by a young writer named
Andrew Lohse.
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