Nine LSU fraternity members arrested on hazing; DKE pledges were urinated on

[TexasTowelie]

Nine LSU fraternity members arrested on hazing after DKE fraternity chapter closes

Nine members of LSU's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity have been arrested and accused of hazing and other related offenses after its national organization — one of the oldest fraternities in the nation — announced the sudden closure of its LSU chapter last month.

The arrests came amid the university's ongoing quest for increased safety within its Greek system following the hazing death of an LSU freshman in fall 2017, which sparked widespread concern about unsafe practices and lenient penalties for the students responsible.

LSU spokesman Ernie Ballard III issued a statement Thursday morning confirming the nine arrests. He said they resulted from hazing incidents "that are alleged to have taken place in the fall of 2018." The counts range from misdemeanor principal to criminal hazing to felony second-degree battery.

"This type of behavior is unacceptable and at complete odds with what we expect from our students," Ballard said. "It does not belong at LSU."

Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_34bea8b8-2ffa-11e9-a13f-47c600d57fd6.html


LSU hazing: DKE pledges were urinated on, struck with pipe during hazing rituals, arrest reports say

Allegations against nine members of LSU's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity arrested Thursday include ordering pledges to lie face down on a basketball court covered in broken glass while being urinated on.

Pledges had gasoline poured on them and were forced to submerge themselves in an ice machine wearing nothing but their underwear, according to arrest warrants released Thursday afternoon. Members of the fraternity are also accused of kicking pledges with steel toed boots, attempting to burn them with cigarettes and beating them with a metal pipe.

The list of alleged horrific offenses resulted in nine arrests Thursday after the DKE national organization — one of the oldest fraternities in the nation — announced the sudden closure of its LSU chapter last month.

The arrests came amid the university's ongoing quest for increased safety within its Greek system following the hazing death of an LSU freshman in fall 2017, which sparked widespread concern about unsafe practices and lenient penalties for the students responsible.

Read more: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_29bd67ce-3086-11e9-a9df-133f8084b064.html

[radicalliberal]

1. I've heard it before. Not surprised. Not surprised at all.

This is brotherhood?

My decades-old dislike of fraternities is repeatedly vindicated over and over again.