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Leaders of underground University of Wisconsin frat arrested after dozens of students found half-naked pledges trapped in sweltering, garbage-covered basement
daily mail ^ | 25 September 2026 | By ANANYA SWAROOP

Posted on 09/25/2026 5:51:30 PM PDT by Morgana

Two young men, identified by police as leaders of a banned University of Wisconsin fraternity, were arrested for an alleged horrific hazing incident.

Fraternity president Brayden J Klein and vice president Samuel N Vane, both 20, were taken into custody by the Madison Police on Wednesday.

The officers arrived at the location at 8.20pm after they received an ‘anonymous tip' about the events that were taking place at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, located along the 100 block of Langdon Street, Madison, about 80 miles west of Milwaukee.

They allegedly found 30 half-clothed teens covered in ‘food, condiments, and other liquids’ in a grungy, sweltering basement.

‘A thermostat in the room was set to 81 degrees creating hot and humid conditions,’ the department report said.

The majority of the victims were recognized as 18-year-olds, the police added.

Klein and Vane were arrested and taken to Dane County Jail for disorderly conduct over the alleged hazing.

No other charges have been announced in relation to the incident, CBS News reported. The Madison Police Department said that the investigation remains ‘ongoing and active.’

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


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: 18yearolds; alphaepsilon; braydenjklein; college; culturerot; frat; samuelnvane; stench; wisconsin

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To: Jamestown1630

“And then you’ll make us ‘handmaids’….

Hardly. But women have shown repeatedly that you simply cannot be trusted with political power. It’s that simple.

I didn’t make you. Take it up with God.

L


21 posted on 09/25/2026 6:54:35 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

I guess all the women on Free Republic should leave, if that is how we’re thought of here.

(I think you’d be surprised how many of us there are; and what our annual donations amount to. But if we’re not needed and are so disrespected here, we can just go...)


22 posted on 09/25/2026 7:00:39 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: pingman

I remember that building well. I lived on the same block in the Evans Scholars house in the early 80s. It still looks the same.


23 posted on 09/25/2026 7:07:32 PM PDT by Kleon
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To: cornfedcowboy

It will never go away completely, and college kids are pretty childish.


24 posted on 09/25/2026 7:09:08 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Morgana

Libloather beat you by 12 hours.

Frat leaders arrested after cops found dozens of nearly-naked teens in dingy basement in suspected hazing incident (UW-Madison)

09/25/2026 4:58:47 AM PDT · by Libloather · 36 replies
NY Post ^ | 9/25/26 | Chris Nesi

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25 posted on 09/25/2026 7:16:30 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: ansel12

We had to wear burlap underwear during Hell Week. Pro tip - find some scissors and cut some nipple holes in the top.


26 posted on 09/25/2026 7:21:38 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: Jamestown1630

“I guess all the women on Free Republic should leave, if that is how we’re thought of here.”

When did I say that? You’re free to stay or go as your emotions dictate. That’s how women operate anyway.

It’s not my fault that you’re vastly outnumbered by AWFLs. In fact I’d posit that FR ladies are the exceptions that prove the rule.

What should have your panties in a wad is how many of your sex have ruined it for the minority of you who have some semblance of sanity.

So go after them.

L


27 posted on 09/25/2026 7:24:49 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

They aren’t the ones who insulted me. YOU did, by making blanket statements about women being unworthy of political power.

You and others like you make this a very inhospitable place for women, and cause us to reconsider what we’re doing here and why we should stay.


28 posted on 09/25/2026 7:29:59 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Morgana

and only men should vote,you know because they are so rational and disciplined..


29 posted on 09/25/2026 7:39:33 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Jamestown1630

I disagree with your statement.
You are wrapping a, “forever” around serious brotherhoods of young men who enjoy the company of gentlemen, picked to join and be called brother to one another.
Yes, there are some negative stories but the worthy chapters of worthy Fraternities stand alone. Hazing has its boundaries and is always controlled by the worthy brothers.
The fraternity involved reflects on Wisconsin, the State, shame on them.


30 posted on 09/25/2026 7:48:23 PM PDT by BatGuano (The lord is my Sheperd.)
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To: ansel12

81 DEGREES IN WISCONSIN IN THE SUMMERTIME IS NOT “SWELTERING”.

WAS RAISED THERE. THAT IS A VERY PLEASANT DAY TEMP


31 posted on 09/25/2026 7:49:11 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Jamestown1630
Heh, I know where you are coming from, but I have a suspicion that the response might lie in the structure of the this famous anecdote about a conversation between Winston Churchill and Bessie Braddock:

BESSIE BRADDOCK: Winston, you are drunk, and what’s more you are disgustingly drunk.

WINSTON CHURCHILL: Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.


It is no secret that men are notoriously stupid when we are younger. (and yes, I concede, even when we get older)

I tell my wife of my exploits as a stupid boy, teenager, and young man, and she shakes her head in disbelief. It took me a long time to leave recklessness, stupidity, and foolhardiness behind me. When I tell her those things, she can only shake her head. She insists she or the girls she knew never did the risky or stupid things I did.

It's also no secret on the bell curve describing human IQ, that in the extreme tail of that curve as it flattens out and approaches pure genius, males are disproportionately represented. This is known.

What is not as well known is that on that same curve as it flattens out and approaches pure moron, males are also disproportionally represented. (as you can guess, we don't advertise this part much, but if you ever watch any of the "Jackass" movies, or seen that hilarious classic video of the "Butt-rocket Boy" (Note: Do not click on the link if seeing some stupid young guy bare his butt to prove he has the stupidity to do this)

And it is also well known that a lot of men grow out of that crazy behavior. (I have always been a proponent of the belief that women, who mature more quickly than we do, provide a moderating presence in our lives once we stop trying to impress them and chase them around!)

So the people who retort might well follow Churchill's mechanism:

GIRL: Dear boy, you are insanely stupid and reckless, and what’s more you are so disgustingly foolhardy that you don't display the brains to actually vote.

BOY: My dear girl, you are batsh*t crazy and what's more, you definitely shouldn't be allowed to vote, but I will grow up in a few years and learn as a man to be intelligent, circumspect, and careful, and you will still be too bash*t crazy to be allowed to vote.


(ducks)

32 posted on 09/25/2026 7:56:15 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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To: ridesthemiles

They were all closed in a room with the thermostat at 81 and the large group seemed to be very active, in Minnesota when the temps outside were well below zero the unheated basements that we would have keg parties in would he hot and humid, and opening the basement windows barely helped.


33 posted on 09/25/2026 8:00:24 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: cherry
"...and only men should vote,you know because they are so rational and disciplined..."

You MUST be disciplined!

We ARE rational and disciplined...once we reach the age of 21...oh, wait...40! Uhhh...65?

Well, we get there eventually. Someday. Or at least, some of us.

34 posted on 09/25/2026 8:01:35 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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To: rlmorel

That was funny, well done.


35 posted on 09/25/2026 8:01:48 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Lurker
"...The voting age should be raised to 25 right after we repeal the 19th Amendment..."

Absolutely!

Well, maybe...we should raise it then to 40! Uhhh...65? Well, we get there eventually. Someday. Or at least, some of us.

36 posted on 09/25/2026 8:05:39 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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To: ansel12
I love Winston Churchill anecdotes! I have a whole book of his sayings...here is one as it relates to the nature of men!!!

"...All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only a pig looks at you as an equal." Winston Churchill..."

37 posted on 09/25/2026 8:07:38 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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To: Jamestown1630
And men here say females are crazy.
This foolishness isn’t limited to ‘underground’ fraternities, it’s been happening forever above ground too.


University fraternities and sororities make for interesting study by sociologists. It's amazing how much crap people will subject themselves in order to be accepted by the group.

Why don’t they demand some kind of useful ‘good works’ for admittance to their fraternities?

Ah, like the Order of the Arrow in Boy Scouts?

I guess young men are dangerously irrational and should never be permitted to vote.

And what to the sororities require of their pledges? Screw a guy in a certain fraternity?
38 posted on 09/25/2026 8:08:52 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: MurrietaMadman; ansel12

If you read the article linked to, there’s mention of Alpha Epsilon Pi being a traditionally Jewish frat. It was founded back in the early 1900s by Jewish students denied membership in most university frats. Nothing to do with Yogi.


39 posted on 09/25/2026 8:11:37 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: ansel12

I can’t even discuss the hazing they did in Navy to the new guys to our squadron back in the Seventies...it sounds too outlandish and crazy to someone who wasn’t there.

Different times.


40 posted on 09/25/2026 8:11:53 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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