Fraternity Hazing?
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Fraternity Hazing?
The Sig Ep fraternity at the UW is being questioned about recent hazing allegations.
Reporter: Evrod Cassimy
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"Oh I'm obviously disgusted," says Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity member, Justin Banach. "This portrays the Greek community in a poor manor."

The news has sent a shock wave through fraternity and sorority houses on campus at the UW Madison. One of the universities own fraternities, Sigma Phi Epsilon, or Sig Ep, is under investigation for hazing allegations.

"The events that took place in their front yard," says Alpha Gamma Rho president, Eli Rolli. "I believe it was sometime this weekend. They had some new members standing out on the yard in their boxers. They dumped contents of, I believe it was fecal matter and urine and puke in a bucket on their members heads."

These allegations are now being investigated by the Office of the Dean of Students, which is not yet confirming or denying whether this specific incident happened as described.

However a statement from the Sig Ep Alumni Board says, "The actions that took place outside of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house...were inappropriate...The actions were, in fact, unsanctioned and unsupervised and in no way a part of the formal activation process that marks the initiation of a new member into the fraternity. No members were required to participate and only did so voluntarily."

"We are in the process of (finding out) what did occur, how do we define it, and what our response should be," says Kevin Helmkamp, Associate Dean of Students.

Helmkamp and other university administrators have spoken with several Sig Ep members to determine if the allegations are true. Next they'll decide whether they're consistent with the definition of the term hazing.

"Where there is a power difference. Where an individual is made to do something. Where an individual does not have free choice in what they are able to do."


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Posted by: greatidea Location: nowhere on May 12, 2008 at 02:06 PM

I think it is amazing that not one of these young adults thought it was a stupid idea from the beginning. Did it go something like this?..."Hey, let's dump s@@@ on the newbies". "Sounds great!!" "Okay, all in favor..." You'd think the Biology major would have voted against it.
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Posted by: ph Location: madworld on May 9, 2008 at 08:45 AM

The frat has not been exonerated. repeat - the frat has not been exonerated. sorry Ted. Frats disgust me. wish my mommy and daddy paid for every part of my education. while i live in a frat, dumping fecal material on people. you people are messed up! should be more like SickEp. Sick.
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Posted by: Ryan on May 9, 2008 at 12:19 AM

I am a SigEp myself and even if this is not considered hazing, no SigEp should EVER do anything like this. This goes against everything we stand for. This is a complete embarrassment to all SigEp's.
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