NEWSER: Frats Won’t Pay Up When Members Get Killed, Injured

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Collectively, frats own more than $3 billion in real estate and generate $170 million in annual revenue.

Former Florida A&M Band Members Charged With Manslaughter in Hazing Death

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The attorney for the family of Robert Chamion said, “These charges are commensurate with the acts committed. It sends the right message regarding zero-tolerance of hazing in the FAMU band.”

The Last Man Sentenced In Military Hazing Case

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A year after a Chinese-American soldier commits suicide, questions remain as to whether or not the perpetrators’ punishments fit the crime.

Rape Culture: What It Is and How It Works

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Rape culture is the trivialization of rape, and it permeates our society to an alarming extent.

Should Hazing Be Allowed in the Army?

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As video of a young soldier being hazed, nearly to death, by a strike to the chest with a wooden mallet goes viral, we have to wonder if hazing is simply another word for assault and harassment?

Link Roundup!

A bunch of shiny links below the cut to all the interesting things people who aren’t me are talking about in the Series of Tubes.

Who Will Have the Balls to Stop the Humiliation of Hazing?

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A sadistic streak was revealed as our future brothers shouted, “Are you man enough to take it?”

Yale Responds to Frat’s Rape Chants

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In response to an outrageous pledging stunt in October, Yale just announced a new initiative to combat sexual misconduct.

Student Charged with Sexual Assault for a Wrestling Move

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A ton of stuff happens in sports that would be completely unacceptable in the everyday run of society. Where do you draw the line, and how do you determine the intent?

Dirty Rush

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As a Dartmouth fraternity pledge, Snowden Wright ran a debauched gauntlet, withstanding booze-fueled indignities at the hands of his brothers-to-be. Almost 10 years later, he’s glad he did.

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In Yale Fraternity Pledging, Rape Is a Laughing Matter

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This week, a YouTube clip of a Yale University Delta Kappa Epsilon pledging ritual went viral on campus. Posted Wednesday night, immediately after the events took place, the video documents the DKE pledges marching blindfolded on Old Campus—home to the majority of Yale’s freshman women—shouting chants such as “No means yes, yes means anal” and “Fucking sluts.”

Are You Man Enough?

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Why do men feel the need to prove their masculinity?