The prestigious Dartmouth College may seem like it would confine students to rigorous hours studying in dorms , however for more than half the students that isn't always the case. The fraternity system of Dartmouth College is a sort of legacy, starting in 1842, and as it grows so too does the status of membership. Former self proclaimed "true bro" frat boy Andrew Lohse and former coke addict, so the question is, what is the reliability of what he says? Should frats not be allowed to have houses? Is there something fundamentally wrong with the Greek system. I must inform you I do not have all the answers, maybe I don't even have a clue.
Well, here goes nothing. In terms of reliability I would believe Lohse, on some accounts, but I wouldn't doubt it if he exaggerated the brutality. As a journalist / business major he certainly would have had a class or two about communication, and marketing. In order to make his side of the story more interesting chances are that he remembered more of the bad things that happened during the hazing rather than his education at Dartmouth and the brotherhood he had. Although some frats take hazing to far, like Lohse expressed from the majority of what I have heard it isn't nearly that bad. There are no pools of feces, blood, and vomit- that is the extreme. Most fraternity rituals involve the pledges to be tied together, drink a rather large quantity (which understandably isn't ideal), or go nude around campus. Just because one fraternity gets out of hand doesn't mean the whole system is worthless, especially if people do go on and feel a sense of belonging and reliability in their fellow 'brothers".
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