To the long list of hazards to be avoided on party school campuses we can now add the danger of being covered in toilet paper and set on fire.
Such was the fate of a student at the University of Kentucky last weekend. You can read the full story here.
One fraternity brother has been charged by police with arson and another has been charged with assault after slugging a cop and yelling "fuck you!" at him. This second student, it turns out, was the son of a federal judge.
As they say, today's college students are the leaders of tomorrow.
So what are the consequences of this little prank? The fraternity. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has been suspended by its national affiliate and the fraternity house has been closed (yea!) but only temporarily. (boo!) The student perps are back attending classes and the college has made no move to discipline them in any way.
Why not? Hey, these are paying customers and we need their tuition. If we expelled them they would just go to another college where their pyrotechnical experiments would be welcome as long as they keep their tuitions paid.
So how serious was this little prank? Well, according to the police chief it was a narrowly averted tragedy.
"Just a couple more minutes, and the student could have been seriously injured or the fire spread ... It could have been a tragedy." There are 50 people who live in the building and fire inspectors found numerous fire code violations including blocking of the fire detectors. In other words, a few more seconds and the headline would have been "50 dead in college arson."
Fraternity hazing pranks tend to be repeated by copy cat frat boys, so perhaps the next time somebody will be successful in burning down the house. College administrators who turn their backs on this kind of thing need to share the blame.
Oh my God !! It is really bad news. Howz all students ? I am hoping all are fine. I am really very much worried about all students.
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