Three Sororities and One Professional Fraternity Suspended at Ohio University

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by QueenD

I share your concern about suspensions being based on hearsay, but I have to say that the fat circling thing HAS HAPPENED on campuses. A friend of mine was subjected to this as a pledge and it was awful.

How many years or decades ago?

[Rod D]

Originally Posted by thetalady

Unbelievable that many of the incidents were nothing more than rumors, people who were not forced to do anything but felt "uncomfortable" at an event, and of course, a rank urban legend that has been around for decades (fat circling on the washing machine).

Kudos to them for disclosing the "accusations." You can see why universities hide behind loaded terms like "hazing" and "alcohol violations." Most of the alleged conduct, even if true, doesn't arise to hazing. At least not to where you shut places down. There are maybe 2 or 3 serious allegations which should be investigated to corroborate the rumor.