Beta Theta Pi At University Of Florida Put On Probation For Making Pledges Babysit Watermelon Named “Walter”
Beta Theta Pi at the University of Florida was put on probation Wednesday after an investigation into an anonymous email sent to the Dean of Students Office found “practices of concern” regarding the chapter’s new member education process.
The email addresses the organizations practices between Fall 2015 to Spring 2016 in which pledges were assigned to watch a watermelon cunningly named “Walter” for several hours at a time. If Walter was left unattended he would be smashed by brothers and a ceremonial vigil would be held in the fruit’s honor.
From The Independent Florida Alligator:
[Dean of students Jen Day] Shaw said forcing students to stay awake could negatively impact their health and academic performance.
“You do not deserve to be hazed,” she said. “We don’t tolerate that at UF.”
Hey Jen, you ever go to a place called middle school? Pretty sure state paid teachers do this all the time with eggs. Ms. Greenwell draws a face on a cage-free Land O’Lakes and hands it to little Timmy and Mary to look after for two weeks it’s teaching them responsibility, teamwork, and an extremely realistic representation of parenting. But make it a watermelon and throw some greek letters on the situation and suddenly it’s hazing? That’s not right.
Sorry Beta was just trying to build better men by making them into better fathers. You think they’ll get even a second of sleep when they sire a baby? Absolutely not. Babies are attention whores who need to be coddled around the clock. But with this type of preparation, those pledges will be ready to be damn good dads down the line. Does the University of Florida really have problems and concerns for the new members’ well-being or is this more about a bigger picture issue like multiple dudes raising a child? Kinda sounding like the latter.
It’s 2016, Florida. Maybe stop being so closed minded and join the rest of society..
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[via The Independent Florida Alligator]
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8 years ago at 7:22 amSo they can make us babysit an egg in junior high school, but THIS gets you on probation in college? I don’t understand this world anymore.
8 years ago at 7:23 amWhere the fuck is fail Friday?
8 years ago at 7:40 amSib’s is an absolute fucking moron… Unrelated to whatever this article is about, but don’t care
8 years ago at 7:47 amThanks for your hot take, half pint.
8 years ago at 8:51 amSomebody lost some money l
8 years ago at 9:05 amThey need to find out who the fucked narced on babysitting a god damn watermelon. Whoever found that appalling in their delusional mind needs to be publicly ridiculed.
8 years ago at 7:51 amA DG who was dating a beta got cheated on and she screenshotted group me convos and send it in. Down with the ship.
8 years ago at 9:52 amIt was mentioned below that you should making the high school baby sitting an egg argument. I think that will actually help y’all out a lot. If the federal and state governments allow it with kids that aren’t even of a legal age yet then why can’t fraternities do it.
8 years ago at 12:29 pmEasy now, fuzzy little man peach.
8 years ago at 10:16 amWhere’s the watermelonlivesmatter protesters!?
8 years ago at 9:05 amAll in Charlotte at the moment
8 years ago at 9:24 amWalter Malone was the dopest mother fucker there ever was. #RIPWalter
8 years ago at 9:13 amThe coffee/adderall/dip shits are real right now. Give us Fail Friday before I prolapse my rectum
8 years ago at 9:31 amMan have things changed at Beta Theta Pi. They used to be the ballsiet frat on campus, now they’re doing some lame EST self-help bonding exercises with pledges. Ahhhh, I still miss the days of the “Four O’Clock Weekly:” http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-01-31/news/8501040175_1_fraternity-pi-lambda-phi-beta-theta-pi
8 years ago at 9:37 amDan’s fat ass would.have eaten the watermelon if left alone with it.
8 years ago at 9:43 am