Dartmouth "Animal House" Frat Suspended After Pledge's Ass Branding Gets Super Infected

NYDN - The fraternity that inspired John Belushi’s cult-classic film “Animal House” is being accused of a purely animalistic act.

Alpha Delta, already suspended by Dartmouth College for another infraction, is facing the third degree after a pledge was allegedly branded.

A sophomore was burned with a hot poker on his buttocks – like a prized steer – during a 2014 initiation rite and the incident only came to light when the Ivy League frat pledge had to see a doctor over winter break because the brand became infected, according to a tipster.

“RIP AD… this is the beginning of the end of the greek system,” one commenter on the Dartmouth chat site Bored@Baker wrote.

Dartmouth confirmed the frat suspension and the inhumane act, far worse than any gross-out scenes from the original “Animal House.”

“Alpha Delta fraternity has been charged with violating Dartmouth’s standards of conduct in connection with the reported branding of some new members of the fraternity by other members in the fall of 2014,” Dartmouth spokesman Justin Anderson said in a statement.

 

Hey there,

According to the Dartmouth-only chat site bored@baker, Alpha Delta—the frat that inspired Animal House and claims current Dartmouth president Phil Hanlon as an alumnus—has been derecognized over hazing gone awry.

Basically, a sophomore pledge during the fall elected to be branded on his ass to avoid more drinking-intensive pledge activities. Unfortunately, the brand was infected over winter break, and after the pledge (now a brother of AD) was hospitalized, some medical staff notified Dartmouth.

AD has been no stranger to controversy in recent years: they were one-half of the “Bloods and Crips” mixer two summers ago, and were put on probation this past fall for another offense, though that apparently hasn’t stopped them from initiating new members.  [Gawker]

How about being the little pledge who got a centuries old, historic frat that inspired one of the great movies of all time shut down because of his infected ass cheek?  Got to be a pretty shitty feeling.  Just went through hell pledging for the Animal House frat for an entire semester then when you’re done you don’t even have a frat to join anymore because you couldn’t properly apply Neosporin to your ass.  God kids are so soft these days.  It’s just a blazing hot metal bar being pressed into your bare flesh, sack up, put some cream on it and leave the nosy doctors out of it once it starts festering.  There’s more at stake here than healthy skin.