College OTR: Eight Great Blunders of the Greeks

Eight Great Blunders of the Greeks

Posted by The Astute Fem 05/13/2008 10:44 AM
Category: Funny Tags: Eight Great, Sororities, Fraternities

Crazy kidnapping ZBT members Danny Henderson and Adam Schelberg

Chase Bolding, one of the UT students arrested for hazing practices.

The Pikes are the famed Greek organization involved with the Tulane University scalding.

The nine Delta Chi pledges arrested for trashing two motel rooms.

Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield, the UC-Berkeley student arrested in the stabbing of Christopher Wootton.

Fraternities and sororities across the US are getting involved in everything under the sun from inhumane hazing practices to cocaine dealing. As we continue to see these Greek tragedies gracing the front pages, university administrators are starting to raise eyebrows at Greek life on campus.

8. UC Berkeley Stabbing: Christopher Wootton, a 21-year-old nuclear engineering student, was stabbed and killed by Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield. Edenfield was a random Berkeley City College student who ended up involved in the brawl that started in the parking lot of the Chi Omega sorority house.

7. University of Colorado at Boulder Pledge Fiasco: Nine pledges of the Delta Chi fraternity got arrested after ransacking two motel rooms. The pledges racked up over $1,000 in damages, and tarnished the name of the Boulder chapter (the chapter is currently suspended).

6. Hofstra University Pistol Whipping: Danny Henderson and Adam Schelberg, members of ZBT (Zeta Beta Tau) were arrested on charges of assault, battery, and kidnapping after assisting a frat brother in the malicious attack on another fraternity brother suspected of dating his ex-girlfriend. The punishment went as far as pistol-whipping and forcing the brother to strip, leaving him stranded at the side of the road.

5. UC-Berkeley BB Gun Incident: One of Phi Kappa Phi's pledges was shot 30 times in the chest with a pellet gun. He was sent to the hospital to treat his injuries and the chapter was shut down.

4. San Diego State University Drug Bust: In the SDSU drug bust, the Theta Chi fraternity was suspected of selling cocaine. The investigation was roused after two students were diagnosed with cocaine over doses.

3. Frat Leaders Sentenced at the University of Texas-Austin: Will Evans and Austin Sherill were arrested on hazing charges after a pledge fell to his death during a frat party at the UT-Austin university towers.

2. Scalding at Tulane University: The Pikes (Pi Kappa Alpha) at the Tulane University decided it would be dandy for pledges to be burned with boiling hot water and pepper spray in the "Hell Week" initiation. 10 fraternity members face criminal charges for the heinous events during "Hell Week."

1. Hot Fork at Hofstra: The infamous "hot forkers" of Hofstra, Phi Epsilon, threatened Tina Holt and she went straight to the police. The pledge claimed she was abused and even branded by the Phi Epsilon sisters on "Hell Night."

+ 9 comments

Anonymous says,

Dear Journalistic Neophytes.

In regards to the Berkeley Stabbing, Sigma Chi was not related to this incident in any way. The stabbing victim was a member of Sigma PI, and there was a brawl next to Chi Omega's house between the Sigma Pi folks and the Berkeley random guy.

Please do some actual research and verify facts before choosing to editorialize and defame organizations.

Ryan Posted 05/13/2008 6:34 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Speaking to the same point as above, in number 5 it is Pi Kappa Phi, not Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Kappa Phi is a Greek letter academic honor society, not a fraternity. Posted 05/14/2008 07:00 AMReply

Anonymous says,

And in the pictures it claims that Hoeft-Edenfield goes to Cal when in fact he is a student at Berkeley City College and clearly in no way related to UC Berkeley, nonetheless the Cal Greek system. The fact that you have this stabbing on the list is sick.

Try using real sources for your information in the future instead of just looking at OTR articles from other schools.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/04/MNN710GH3C.DTL Posted 05/14/2008 08:58 AMReply

Anonymous says,

You do need to get your facts straight. In regards to the SDSU Drug bust you say 96 people were arrested in fraternity drug ring. Only about a dozen fraternity members were arrested in the incident. 96 is the total number of people that were arrested after a year long investigation. Posted 05/15/2008 06:20 AMReply

Anonymous says,

i want to slap you for calling the death of christopher wootton a "blunder" of the greeks. there are police reports of the two bcc students harassing berkeley students in multiple incidents, earlier that night but thanks to "immediate action" of local police, nothing was done. one was swinging around a glass bottle of hard liquor and the other brandishing a knife. wootton was on the phone making another report when the two bcc students instigated a fight with students near the fraternity. get your facts straight from reliable sources, not sensationalized stories from the media. how dare you belittle the tragedy of someone's death by calling it a blunder and a scandal.

congratulations, "the astute fem", you've made 1st on my list of idiot contributors to collegeOTR that should no longer be able to contribute do to incompetency.

have a day.
j.c. Posted 05/16/2008 01:53 AMReply

The Astute Fem says,

I understand all of your feedback and, in some cases, I understand your anger.

I will make corrections to the facts where it is necessary. It is very easy to trivialize a serious situation, especially when you are not directly involved. I apologize if I made any of you feel like this post was mitigating the seriousness of these events.

Thank you. Posted 05/16/2008 06:31 AMReply

Anonymous says,

and for the sdsu thing...one student died of cocaine overdose, the other oxycodone. The news has it wrong but look at the county coroner toxicology report. Posted 05/18/2008 3:23 PMReply

Anonymous says,

ditto ryan...you obviously have no idea what your talking about in regards to any of these "blunders" Posted 05/20/2008 8:44 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Suck yourself "The Astute Fem"! You're caustic about fraternities/sororities because your busted ass didn't get a bid. Go sit on your thumb. Mmkaythanksbubye. Posted 05/27/2008 12:59 PMReply