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[Jim Ray <jim AT neuse.net>]

there used to be a statue downtown of some dude on a horse.  i can neither confirm nor deny that i had to climb the statue, to kiss the balls of the horse and to let someone snap a photo during a scavenger hunt.

pretty harmless stuff, though.  the whole experience of the brotherhood at that time seemed bent on making the pledges clean the house and take a lot of grief from the brothers that first semester and then dish it out the next 3.5 years.

my tour of duty with the fraternity was quick.  when i moved out of the fraternity house, my grade point average nearly doubled (nevermind what it was while *in* the house).  electrical engineering was more interesting at the time than the next kegger, and i did graduate.  i had my fun, too, though...

me thinks we always kept it quite between 11 PM and 7 AM because we didn't *want* the cops coming over to bust our parties.

Ilan Volow wrote:

On a slightly more humorous note, supposedly the TKE guys at Ithaca  
had to have a brick tied to their "unit" by some brothers and then  
throw the brick off a balcony.

It was only after the brick hit the ground that the pledges found out  
the brick was tied with some kind of knot that came undone with the  
slightest amount of tension (i.e. the brick slipped off their "unit").

Sort of like those new-agey trust-building exercises you see in  
corporations...

On Aug 21, 2005, at 6:17 AM, Jim Ray wrote:

  

wow.  they did some crazy stuff when i pledged TKE at NCSU in 1980  
yet didn't get a brand on me.  most of the folks i've met are very  
nice and respectful.  i hate to fight them all when there are only  
a couple of bad apples.

maybe i can give a little 'shine to bubba and get him to go over  
there with his tire iron to teach 'em a little justice...oops, hold  
da phone...i am non violent...scratch that last comment.


    

If I had children, and these guys lived next door to me, I'd be   
trying my damnedest to get them moved out, and by any means   
necessary. But that's just my opinion.


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