Four fraternity members accused of making pledges wear cowboy clothes and suffer homophobic insults in a "Brokeback Mountain"-themed initiation ritual face $1,000 fines under the state's anti-hazing law. University of Vermont police said the civil penalties stemmed from a March 2 party at the Phi Gamma Delta house based on the movie about gay cowboys. "What they did, which I felt was homophobic in nature, was inappropriate," UVM Police Chief Gary Margolis said. Phi Gamma Delta's alumni advisers have denied accounts of anti- homosexual remarks and heavy drinking at the party. Chittenden County Deputy State's Attorney Ed Sutton said his...
