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| ZBT 'taunted disabled veterans, urinated on flag, and spat on a wounded solider and his service dog' | |
| 2015-04-24 | |
| [Daily Mail] Two chapters of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity are under investigation after they allegedly disrespected disabled veterans by spitting on them, shouting verbal abuse and urinating on the American flag during a charity weekend. Students from Zeta Beta Tau at both the University of Florida and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, have been accused of the deplorable behavior against the ex-servicemen during the Warrior Beach Retreat in Panama City on April 17. The event is designed to give those who have sacrificed their lives for their country a relaxing break with their families at the luxurious Lakedown Wharf Resort. But instead of being acknowledged for their service, some of the attendees claim they were subjected to taunts and watched as the drunk youngsters, who were attending a formal, threw beer off the balcony. Sorry, my comments cannot be printed in this forum.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Wasn't in that mode during school either, AP. They did usually have cute girls at their parties, though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-04-24 16:46 |
| #4 When I went to engineering school in Berkeley in the |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-04-24 15:54 |
| #3 I can't claim any cleverness in searching out links once Besoeker posted the story. The first entry of my search threw up the Wikipedia page for the fraternity, which already has this incident in some detail, along with the links I quoted above. Clearly, except perhaps at Emory U, this is being taken very seriously indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-24 15:09 |
| #2 Yahoo adds: The Gainesville Sun (http://bit.ly/1Hzr5jz) reports that the fraternity is on conduct probation for a hazing incident in the fall semester. The fraternity has suspended operations and is cooperating with the investigation. "Being on probation means the organization faces increased consequences if they are found to have violated the probation requirements," university spokeswoman Janine Sikes said. Cope said hotel security got the situation under control and the fraternity members were evicted the next morning. The fraternity sent a letter of apology to Cope. She said she looks forward to the outcome of the investigations. "They apologized to me in person, but only because they got caught," she said. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-24 15:02 |
| #1 Update from Fox News: Zeta Beta Tau International confirmed that three members of the University of Florida chapter have been expelled from the fraternity and both university chapters have suspended all activities. âThere is no doubt that some of our members engaged in ugly and unacceptable behavior,â Executive Director Laurence Bolotin wrote in a statement. âTheir actions have no place in ZBT or anywhere, and they will not be tolerated.â Bolotin issued a personal apology to the veterans and their families as well as the Warrior Beach Retreat organization â calling the behavior disgusting. âI am deeply saddened that the actions of our members ruined this special event and failed to show the respect our military and their families deserve,â he wrote. To the fraternityâs credit, they have promised to make amends for what they called a âdisgraceful situation.â W. Kent Fuchs, the president of the University of Florida, wrote a personal apology to Cope and the Warrior Beach Retreat. âI can only imagine the pain and indignity of enduring this behavior,â he wrote. âI want to assure you that it is not representative of our students or our university and we will make every effort to learn more, take appropriate action and prevent similar incidents from occurring again.â Emory University, on the other hand, said it cannot confirm that any of their students were involved in the despicable behavior. âIf any members of our community are identified as being responsible, they will be held accountable for their actions by the university,â read a statement from the Georgia school. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-24 14:58 |