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Frat leaders arrested after cops found dozens of nearly-naked teens in dingy basement in suspected hazing incident (UW-Madison)
NY Post ^ | 9/25/26 | Chris Nesi

Posted on 09/25/2026 4:58:47 AM PDT by Libloather

The leaders of an unrecognized University of Wisconsin fraternity were arrested after cops found around 30 partially clothed teen pledges smeared in condiments and huddled in a sweltering, filthy basement.

Fraternity president Brayden J. Klein and vice president Samuel N. Vane, both 20, were arrested Wednesday for misdemeanor hazing and misdemeanor disorderly conduct after police discovered the troubling scene while acting on an anonymous tip.

Police entered the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house in Madison around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, and found the men, some of whom had “visible injuries consistent with being physically assaulted,” covered in food, condiments and other liquids, according to the incident report.

The room was muggy and overheated because a thermostat had been set to a sweltering 81 degrees, police said.

Everyone inside the home was escorted outside by police, and the pledges — the “vast majority” of whom were 18 years old — were checked for incapacitation and injuries.

Police described the fraternity as an “unrecognized and unaccredited” student organization, which was “terminated” by U of W more than a decade ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: alphaepsilon; basement; braydenjklein; frat; hazing; itsthemagain; samuelnvane; teens; wisconsin

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To: Libloather
partially clothed teen pledges smeared in condiments and huddled in a sweltering, filthy basement.

Clutches pearls!

My God, we've become a nation of sniveling pussies.

21 posted on 09/25/2026 7:19:03 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

I’ll bet they weren’t even given snacks between meals. The horror.


22 posted on 09/25/2026 7:49:09 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Libloather

just why??? and girls can be just as bad.


23 posted on 09/25/2026 8:12:05 AM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: Libloather

I knew it involved White students when the article switched from referring to them as teens and instead referred to them as men.

I wonder how was there a frat house if the fraternity was basically banned by the University? WOuldn’t the national chapter have revoked its charter?

And if those 18 year olds were considered capable of having the ability and maturity to tackle college life somebody forgot a major portion of college life often involves making really stupid choices.


24 posted on 09/25/2026 8:32:53 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: suthener

This Florida gal got quite chuckle of the Post’s idea of “sweltering” as well.


25 posted on 09/25/2026 8:33:59 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Drew68

“Huddled?” Some writer needs to buy himself a dictionary.


26 posted on 09/25/2026 8:36:08 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Libloather

“Frat leaders arrested after cops found dozens of nearly-naked teens in dingy basement in suspected hazing incident.”

Judging from the author’s disconnect between what is written above and the illustration from the article I can’t help but think the original lede included,

“I am a student at a small Midwestern college....”


27 posted on 09/25/2026 8:40:10 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Libloather

And somehow this promotes brotherhood? How many of those hazees are still on board with the frat?


28 posted on 09/25/2026 8:54:44 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: Sicon

I tended to view in the same light the hazing handed out at the Naval Academy, and, to this day, wouldn’t piss on many of those nitwits if I saw them on fire.


29 posted on 09/25/2026 8:57:54 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: Libloather

Looks like my Chief’s Initiation, only much cleaner.


30 posted on 09/25/2026 9:13:02 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Libloather

Where’s all the condiments? I don’t see any yellow or red smears anywhere.

Looking at the satellite view on Google maps, it looks like the apartment building I first lived in in Madison.


31 posted on 09/25/2026 9:19:55 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Oh, Trumpy days are here again....)
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To: camle

Oh boy, you’re about to piss off every Chief Petty Officer and Sailor on these boards. We went through things like this. Chief’s Initiation, Shellback, Bluenose and a couple more. We aren’t stupid. It was about Esprit De’ Corps. Something most Americans no NOTHING about these days. We definitely had your type of folks who didn’t want to play ball. We stuck ‘em in a room by themselves and told them to stay put. After it was all over, several of them had remorse about not participating. Their relationships with those who did participate changed. They weren’t one of “us” anymore.


32 posted on 09/25/2026 9:20:18 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Libloather

I need friends so bad, I will humiliate myself and pay money....please, please, please, I beg you....

prime candidates for the deep state and nigerian prince emails...


33 posted on 09/25/2026 9:21:15 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Drew68

Amen.


34 posted on 09/25/2026 9:21:31 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: DFG

35 posted on 09/25/2026 9:23:47 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Mathews
Looks like my Chief’s Initiation, only much cleaner.

LOL!

I know of what you speak. Just went through my seventh Season (my sixth as a Genuine).

It's always funner on the Genuine side, even if I still had a blast as a Select.

36 posted on 09/25/2026 9:46:50 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Libloather

How does any college student have time for this nonsense?

I was pretty much full time studying the material I was paying good money to learn. Friday night and maybe Saturday night were for blowing off steam. Then Sunday night, back to the books. And the quadrille paper. And the calculator. And maybe the computer.

Squatting in squalor covered in filth was simply not on the agenda. You have time for that? Really? GET A REAL MAJOR!


37 posted on 09/25/2026 10:00:23 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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