Does your HQ *really* want to know about hazing?

[shinerbock]

If MIT is a top chapter for any fraternity, wow.

[alum]

MIT shut down SAE for serving alcohol to a female minor from a different college. They had two beautiful, historic townhouses in the Back Bay that were 2 doors down from one another. I always wondered about the occupants of the privately owned home that was between them.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/sae2.html

[jon1856]

Thanks you for doing the research on this.
I do have to wonder what "At the time, SAE was supposed to be alcohol-free as a the result of earlier violations." where.

I know that use of alcohol, around pledges, was part of the hazing charges ( among others ) against my chapter.

[alum]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Thanks you for doing the research on this.
I do have to wonder what "At the time, SAE was supposed to be alcohol-free as a the result of earlier violations." where.

I know that use of alcohol, around pledges, was part of the hazing charges ( among others ) against my chapter.

My brother was a MIT SAE in the late 80s/early 90s and said that his chapter's problems were always alcohol-related (serving minors) issues and never hazing. The problem was that the chapter was already in trouble for committing similar infractions in the past. Despite knowing the consequences, they continued to do so until they were shut down.

A freshman boy from a different MIT fraternity had died only a couple of years before that from alcohol poisoning and the university was finally taking more of an in loco parentis role in regards to student life.

[sdbeta1]

Study hours are not hazing. Study---the point of college