Fraternity Sued $25MM for Hazing Death

This past February, a 19-year-old Cornell Student named George Desdunes, was in the midst of pledging to the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon when a “hazing ritual” went fatally wrong. He was tied up by freshman pledges and asked intense questions regarding the fraternity’s history. For every question answered wrong, he reportedly was forced to do sit-ups or drink alcohol. According to police reports, Desdunes passed out from the hazing.

Rather than being taken to the hospital, he was put into the fraternity’s library where he was then left on a couch. (And they call themselves brothers.) He was pronounced dead the next day after a housekeeper found his body and called the police. His blood alcohol content level was five times the legal driving limit.

According to the lawyer for Desdune’s mother, Marie Lourdes Andre, who is now suing SAE for wrongful death, this is the fifth death reported by SAE since 1997. Cornell has withdrawn their recognition of the fraternity for five years, which I believe is complete bullshit. They should forever lose recognition. This is not a statement against SAE on a national scale, or against Cornell. This is a statement against that specific chapter of the fraternity that cannot seem to keep their pledges alive.

Dildo-Wielders of SU Unite!

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According to this article from the Post Standard, Syracuse doesn’t even make the top 100 list of sexually satisfied cities.  Cities were ranked by researching condom sales, sex toy sales, birth rates, and sexually transmitted diseases. I guess it’s good that we haven’t had any recent syphilis outbreaks like our neighbor, Cornell,  but seriously, we can do better than this.

Frat boys aren’t known for their ability to satisfy (at least in my experience) but there’s got to be other people out in the 315 that know how to hit it. I’m going to find them. I’m going to fuck them. And I’m going to single-handedly raise the ranking of the pathetic, gray city.  During the winter, what better way to let the sunshine in than through your legs (or orifice of your choice)?

This weekend, I urge my fellow students to go to Adult World, pick up a pocket rocket and let your moans be heard! Because this is just unacceptable.

-Farrah Moans, resident horndog & sporadic sex blogger

Playboy’s Top 10 List of Party Schools

UT-Austin, Playboy's #1 choice. Take note: this makes them super cool.

It’s that time of year again. For all anticipating [rather, drooling] dudes out there, Playboy just released their top 10 list of party schools online. Both respectably and surprisingly, Syracuse University doesn’t exactly make the cut, but the following schools get shout-outs regarding their excessive drinking and hookups:

1. University of Texas at Austin
2. West Virginia University
3. University of Wisconsin-Madison
4. University of Miami, Florida
5. East Caroline University
6. Arizona State University
7. Rollins College
8. University of California Santa Barbara
9. Plymouth State University
10. University of Iowa

My favorite part of this list is the “honorable mentions” section—it sheds light on “the college that sounds fun but isn’t” (UNLV), “the best name for beer pong” (beer pong), and “the worst course” (tree climbing at Cornell University).

Potential goal for next year: an honorable mention for SU in the “Best College Drinking Innovation” category. The current winner is “The Flabongo, a beer made out of a lawn flamingo.”

Sweet analysis, Playboy.