Dartmouth is currently investigating the Alpha Delta fraternity chapter, which inspired the 1978film “Animal House,”for allegedly branding pledges’ skin, TIME Magazine reported.
A group of pledges asserted that they voluntarily agreed to be branded as a form ofself-expression.
A lawyer for the chapter, George Ostler, said that the brands are a form of self-expression, similar to tattoos.
“The facts are that no hazing occurred,” he said."No one has been injured by this activity."
In the last two years, Alpha Delta has apologized for hosting a ‘Crips and Blood’ party andfor urinating on a woman from the balcony of the fraternity house, and it hasbeen fined for serving alcohol to minors.
In response to these and similar incidents, president of Dartmouth Philip Hanlon banned hard liquor in January. The Interfraternity Council at Dartmouth also prohibited pledging in any form due to abuse.
The students were branded before these decisions were announced.
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