94.8% of Frat Boys Not Automatically Terrifying
Oh, Yale. You think your assault rifle-toting frat boys make you so special. But don't you realize 5.2% of all Greeks carry guns? (The binge-drinking kind of Greeks, not the baklava-making kind.)
So reports Jennifer Epstein in an Inside Higher Ed article, which is chock-full of all sorts of troubling anecdotes. For instance, at Alpha Gamma Rho members at Oregon State University "told police they were frustrated that transients entered the house without permission and at least two told police they had shot at transients with BB guns." Maybe if they left less porn and pizza and booze lying around, the transients would be less likely to stop by?
The weirdest story, though, is from Dartmouth and dates all the way back to the pre-IvyGate Stone Age of 2005. Apparently a Michael Volodarsky, Class of '08, decided one Super Bowl Sunday to explore the roof of the Zeta Phi house on a "smoke break." Up there he found a loaded BB gun, and with nothing much better to do, decided to take a pot shot at an Epsilon Kappa Theta... er, at a garbage dumpster. The Kappa Theta sister just got in the way. Michael is still at Dartmouth--and a proud member of the Bones Gates Bones Gate, a.k.a. Delta Tau Delta.
IvyGate's advice: Stay away from Bone Gate parties--you never can know if cries of "Shotgun!" precede free-flowing beer or falling plaster.
--BETH MILTON
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July 25th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Gah! Fix that image! It’s squishing all the beautiful, wonderful text!
July 25th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Woo! Go Oregon State! Oh, wait…
July 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Epstein is managing editor of the Prince, which I think adds an extra bit of Ivy fabulousity to this story.
July 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
It’s Zeta Psi. It’s also impossible to even see EKT from Zeta Psi.
July 25th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
The fraternity to which V-whatever belongs is “Bones Gate,” not “the Bones Gates,” and also referred to as simply, “BG.”
July 25th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Most members of the Greek community are required a certain number of philanthropy hours, perhaps they should spend more time completing these hours and less time at target practice. Global Poverty is an issue that needs to be addressed and if a large organization like the Greek community at any school could mobilize against the fight it could make a huge difference. The Borgen Project is a non-profit organization working to bring political attention to global poverty. In a world where 1.2 billion people live on less than $1 a day, poverty needs to be addressed.
July 25th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Is that a clever joke, ‘all greek to me?’ If it weren’t, I’d be compelled to laugh at you and point out that all of the West’s paternalistic crusades to end ‘global poverty’ have done more harm than good. But, hey, why not prop up murderous dictators with aid money, if it fuels your self-esteem?
July 26th, 2007 at 7:36 am
What about the West’s paternalistic crusade to encourage and maintain global poverty?
July 26th, 2007 at 8:18 am
holy crap, BG’s membership is huge these days
July 26th, 2007 at 10:01 am
maybe they can get a wholesale discount on pot now
July 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
that makes so much sense, now that they get cheaper pot, all the rich frat boys can afford to be in BG.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
no affiliation to DTD since 1960. so not really also known as these days…
July 26th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I was in a frat, and I only paid dues twice.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
pretty much everything about this ‘account’ is incorrect, except that mike volodarsky got in trouble for it and that he is now a member of Bones Gate.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
pretty much everything about this ‘account’ is incorrect, except that mike volodarsky got in trouble for it and that he is now a member of Bones Gate.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
pretty much everything about this ‘account’ is incorrect, except that mike volodarsky got in trouble for it and that he is now a member of Bones Gate.
July 26th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Bones Gate, not Bone Gate. Epsilon Kappa Thetas are referred to as “Theta”s, not Kappa Thetas. Zeta Psi, not Zeta Phi. BG is not Delta Tau Delta.
okay.
July 26th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
To the original editors:
Find replacement writers who aren’t 12 years old. These runts are too young and insecure to have developed the snarky confidence–or even the sense of humor–that this blog deserves. Plus, they’re crap writers.
July 26th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
besides, everyone knows the ‘volo as solo gunman’ thing is complete conspiracy bullshit.
July 28th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
didn’t BG shoot bb guns AT zete a handful of years back? too bad that one didn’t make the grade for the “study” of drunk college guys shooting each other with pellet guns. two BGs were calibrating their new bb guns using a cardboard box that they had wedged into an open window. not only did the bbs penetrate the box, they made it across the 15′ alley between the houses and through zete’s closed hallway window.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
It’s Zeta Psi not Zeta Phi