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10-07-2006, 05:26 PM
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Lafayette (in PA) Investigating Alleged Sorority Hazing
A sorority chapter at Lafayette (in Pennsylvania) is being investigated because of allegations of hazing, according to the October 6 06 issue of the college paper. Alleged activities include encouragement of alcohol consumption and having to sleep at the sorority house for several days.
Please note that this is an investigation; no disciplinary actions or legal charges have been reported. Article is at:
http://www.thelaf.com/media/storage/...www.thelaf.com
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Sorority to be investigated for hazing
Brian Mason
Issue date: 10/6/06 Section: News
The Pi Beta Phi sorority is under investigation for hazing, President Dan Weiss confirmed this week.
A Pi Phi member, who wished to remain anonymous, said the investigation was a result of new member pledging activities. She said the pledges participated in parties encouraging underage alcohol consumption and were forced to sleep at the sorority house for several days.
Another member, who also witheld [sic] her name, said the investigation was the result of a phone call from a pledge's mother to Terry Weber, advisor to fraternities and sororities.
Both Weber and Stephanie Morain '07, president of Pi Phi, declined to comment on the nature of the investigation.
Weber, however, said, "The college has a zero tolerance policy [towards hazing.] If there were any issues, we'd make corrections to get them back on track. Our policies are consistent to trying to maintain security with our new member education."
He confirmed no lawsuit has been filed against any members of Pi Phi . . . .
However, a spokeswoman from the national chapter [of Pi Beta Phi] said, "We do take disciplinary action internally with our chapters, and that could lead to us closing a chapter."
. . . The spokeswoman declined comment regarding Lafayette's chapter.
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10-07-2006, 10:22 PM
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Interestingly, this is a campus that requires that new members are initiated within 3 weeks of bid day and limit recruitment (formal and COR) to very brief time periods so that there are only two new member periods per school year in order to try to prevent hazing.
Last edited by AGDee; 10-07-2006 at 10:22 PM.
Reason: clarity
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10-07-2006, 10:50 PM
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I couldn't get the link to work.
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10-08-2006, 09:50 AM
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Gosh, it is hard to beleive that a Sorority would haze. 
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10-08-2006, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
Interestingly, this is a campus that requires that new members are initiated within 3 weeks of bid day and limit recruitment (formal and COR) to very brief time periods so that there are only two new member periods per school year in order to try to prevent hazing.
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The administration also requires students to wait until they are sophmores to join Greek Life. Overall, the policies are just strange. The Tri Delta chapter is one of the two my Alumane Chapter supports; I've had many disscussions with the Chapter members about the college's policies.
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10-08-2006, 11:34 AM
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Gosh, it is hard to beleive that a Sorority would haze. |
Why is that so hard to believe? I knew a lot of women who were just plain cold, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind beating someone senseless, and masking it as "ritual." 
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10-08-2006, 12:24 PM
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Gosh, it is hard to beleive that a Sorority would haze. |
Because?
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10-08-2006, 03:18 PM
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Dah, because they are Ladies and don't do things like this! 
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10-08-2006, 05:28 PM
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I couldn't get the link to work.
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http://www.thelaf.com/media/storage/...www.thelaf.com
Ack, I can't get it to show the whole link.. but it did work for me.
DolphinChica.. The Tri-Delta advisors at Lafayette have been incredibly supportive of our chapter there 
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10-08-2006, 08:17 PM
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Dah, because they are Ladies and don't do things like this! |
If "gentlemen" can do it, why can't "ladies?"
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10-08-2006, 10:58 PM
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Why is that so hard to believe? I knew a lot of women who were just plain cold, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind beating someone senseless, and masking it as "ritual." |
It does seem that I don't read as much about sorority hazing.
ETA: I do remember one girl in school that said she pledged a sorority there but dropped out. Something about yelling at her and blowing a whistle in her ear.
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10-08-2006, 11:13 PM
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With the three week initiation requirement, I have to wonder what this univeristy would consider "hazing' to be.
It might just turn out that they're casting a ridiculously wide net as to the definition of the term.
The three week requirement cautions me to not believe that this university is at all reasonable when dealing with GLOs.
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10-09-2006, 11:25 AM
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It does seem that I don't read as much about sorority hazing.
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I do but let's pretend that you don't.
Does what you read reflect reality? There are tons of things that you probably overlook that are reported on GC and other places where hazing stories are reported. There are tons of things that don't get detected or reported to us.
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10-09-2006, 11:35 AM
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Hey all, Tom was being sarcastic with his post.
It just goes to show that shortened pledge periods are BS - if a GLO really wants to haze, they'll get it in quickly.
However, this sounds more like a helicopter mommy being upset because her daughter is finally getting a life.
Lafayette is a classic case of party school trying to become PC and failing miserably. We have many of those in our fair state.
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10-09-2006, 11:36 AM
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Hey all, Tom was being sarcastic with his post.
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Good.
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