Frat made pledges drink salt water, dive into condiment pool

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Dartmouth-fraternity-investigated-for-hazing-6635578.php

A Dartmouth College fraternity put on probation three years ago for expecting pledges to drink saltwater and enter a kiddie pool filled with condiments is under investigation again for hazing.

The national Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization released no details, including what the supposed hazing was or when it happened, but said Monday it notified college administrators of the allegations and immediately ordered the Dartmouth chapter to suspend all activities....

In April 2012, a Dartmouth judicial panel found the fraternity guilty of hazing for driving blindfolded pledges off-campus in 2009, expecting them to drink shots of saltwater or alcohol and expecting them to enter a kiddie pool filled with condiments.

But the panel said there was not enough evidence to back up more egregious allegations made by a former member who described "dehumanizing" experiences at the fraternity. In a column for the school newspaper, Andrew Lohse said the fraternity pressured pledges to swim in a kiddie pool of rotten food, vomit and other bodily fluids; eat omelets made of vomit; and chug cups of vinegar.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. this is why you don't let people whose frontal lobe has not yet developed be in charge of other

peoples lives.

[KamaAina]

2. I find it interesting that few if any sororities behave this way.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. Women are more empathetic, probably due to a

Combo of culture and biology. I would guess mostly culture though.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. Ha

There was a sorority at my school that made the pledges strip to their undies, then circled their "flaws". Cellulite, pimples, etc. Then they were forced to mingle still in their undies at a party with sorority sisters and the brother frat.

Two girls pledging the sorority who I knew knocked on my door one morning and asked if they could pose with me in only my boxers. I declined.

Women can have moments of pure sociopathy when it comes to these stupid cliques.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. agreed, but on the average women score higher on empathy tests than men do

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. As far as empathy, the argument always is with these pledge stunts.....

"I had to do it once too"

It's negative empathy.

[valerief]

4. Why would anyone be that desperate? nt

[trof]

8. We just got our butts paddled.

Fully clothed, though.

[KamaAina]

9. Thank you, sir! May I have another?

[trof]

11. There ya go.

Them wuz the days.

[surrealAmerican]

10. I want to know more about these "condiments".

Are we talking about tartar sauce, mustard, or salsa here?