Hazing Incident at MIT

[collegealum314]

<p><a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V134/N58/du/du.htm”>http://tech.mit.edu/V134/N58/du/du.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Behind the suspension
of MIT Delta Upsilon</p>

<p>The story of an anonymous complaint, two hazing investigations, and the shutdown of a 120-year-old fraternity</p>

<p>By Drew Bent
December 2, 2014</p>

<p>When MIT’s Technology Chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity was suspended this past April, there was no clear indication of the cause to outsiders. Other than the vague “inappropriate behavior” mentioned in a press release, neither Delta Upsilon International nor MIT explained why they were shutting down the chapter for two years.</p>

<p>That all changed with the chapter’s “Save MIT DU” campaign. In a surprisingly transparent move, brothers publicly released documents revealing their account of the chapter’s secret initiation rituals, their growing distance from their international fraternity, and the role MIT played in their suspension.</p>

<p>The documents described a DU International investigation that unearthed incidents of hazing, including sleep deprivation and “personal servitude.” Other allegations, such as “public nudity” and “urination on [new] members,” were left unconfirmed by the investigation.

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[bookworm]

<p>Nothing noted on the parents’ forum on FB; interesting.</p>

[collegealum314]

<p>^You mean the MIT parents forum on Facebook? I wasn’t aware there was one.</p>

<p>By the way, in my day DU was known as the lacrosse frat. There were four or five frats that were thought of as the worst in terms of adhering to the negative stereotypes, but DU wasn’t one of them. However, I did hear that they had drinking rituals for the pledges.</p>

[bookworm]

<p>The MIT Parents forum is extremely active. Honestly, it is a plus for the school. Parents check in on other’s kids, l help with logistics when the T isn’t running for holiday trips to airport, where to order fresh fruit, etc. What MDs are available for broken arm, etc. </p>

<p>Off record, I am just not a fan of frats, tho MIT parents defend them as being quite different than the norm. I will only say more in personal e-mail. </p>