Former U.S. Marine Badly Beaten Outside University Of Alabama FIJI House
12 years ago

Volunteer firefighter and former United States Marine Joseph Zebrowski (had the tone of this story been a light-hearted one, this is where I would have made a Big Lebowski reference) visited the DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa last week after an encounter in front of UA’s Phi Gamma Delta house led to a violent beating. Zebrowski suffered “a collapsed lung, several broken ribs, a gash to his head, a black eye and bruises all over his body,” per AL.com.

According to his mother, Zebrowski was walking home from a local bar when he got lost and stopped at the Fiji house to ask for directions.

Edwards said her son planned to walk back to his hotel but got lost. He stopped to ask for directions at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house on campus.

“The next thing he knew he was being brutally attacked,” Edwards said. “He found himself on the ground with several guys kicking him in the head, chest, back and abdomen.”

It sounds like such a senseless attack. It begs the question: why?

A tipster informed Total Frat Move that the altercation may have been related to the ivy that covers the front of the house. Per our source, that ivy is the subject of an ongoing prank among UA fraternities.

From our tipster:

“Those guys are pretty serious about the ivy that covers the front of their house. Most fraternities send over a couple pledges every year for a covert mission to try to steal some and an all out brawl usually breaks out because of it. It’s all fun and games among pledges. Looks like this poor guy stumbled up to the front of the house and the Phi Gams thought he was trying to get some of their precious ivy.”

It should be made clear that this information is not confirmed — it’s merely one theory.

It was last reported that Zebrowski is in fair condition and will likely make a full recovery.

[via AL.com]

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    1. Dillon Cheverere

      I saw they go by that. Can you tell me why? And why not Fiji like other Phi Gamma Delta chapters?

      12 years ago at 11:22 am
    4. Dinosaurs

      It might be just preference because personally FIJI is bottled water not a fraternity name.

      12 years ago at 11:38 am
    5. BoxedWineBro

      Any chapter can call themselves that. It’s simply a nickname. The name “FIJI” came from a series of other names: Phi Gamma Delta to Phi Gam to Phee Gee to FIJI.

      12 years ago at 11:39 am
    6. Fratty Skin

      Some chapters prefer phi gam because its more relatable to our letters. Most chapters go by FIJI just because its been our nick name for close to 90 years, but phi gam works just the same. Some chapters also hate the nick name and refuse to go by it, which I believe is the case for our brothers in Tuscaloosa. Either way this is pretty shitty, hopefully there is more to the story.

      12 years ago at 11:41 am
    7. War Damn USA

      From what I’ve heard from brothers is that they are one of the first 3 or 5 chapters in the nation and that only those normally go by Phi Gam.

      12 years ago at 12:14 pm
    9. AWKx

      They don’t go by Fiji here in Sabine Land. They insist on calling themselves Phi Gamm. Go figure.

      12 years ago at 1:03 pm
    10. frattytide

      Like most fraternities at bama they try to stay as distant as possible from their nationals. Fiji is an insult to them.

      12 years ago at 5:37 pm
  4. diaryofapike

    Dear Chadster,

    Sorry I haven’t written you in a while, I was too busy being facey and going HAM poolside down in South Beach after skiing in the vail. Good thing my bigger, faster , stronger program only has me working out my left arm because my right arm is jacked from all the fist pumping I was doing over break. Now I’m back and ready to slay some new pussy and haze the gdi creep fucks who work at chipotle. Yiannis (bar) is closed, but its ok, we have so many brothers who bartend everywhere around ______ (we run this! L0lzz), I’ll find plenty of places to get girls wasted. Every sorostitute should want to come party back at West Pike!! If the broken windows aren’t panty droppers, I don’t know what is. And if not, I’ll just use my charm, and if not then I’ll charm her drink, either way I’m getting it in. RRAAGGGEEEE.

    Kisses,

    Brother Bradster

    12 years ago at 11:18 am
  5. BlackWithNoCargos

    Any time you see “The next thing he knew” you have to assume something else happened.

    12 years ago at 11:18 am
    1. Its a TFM

      ^ This. Using a dozen guys or whatever to beat up one person is a pussy move but there’s no way this literally went from “Hello, can you help me find….” to an ass-beating without some kind of escalating factors in between. This guy is clearly not telling the whole story.

      12 years ago at 1:22 pm
    2. Ben_Cartwright

      “The next thing he knew” = “as he emerged from his blackout stupor”; or so I’d assume. It’s an ugly situation whether provoked or not, but honestly, it’s not like he was walking from the bar in dress uniform, and I highly doubt he made a point of saying that he had been a Marine in the past. I’m reserving judgement until we know more details.

      12 years ago at 6:18 pm
    1. That Guy 1848

      Hey Brononia would your mom lie for you? Of course that dirty whore would! Why the fuck would you believe the guy’s mother? Get your Frock out of your ass and let’s wait until we have more facts before we start talking shit.

      12 years ago at 4:55 pm
    2. J_Brum

      As much as it sucks that this guy got the shit beat out of him, this story doesn’t add up. There are always three sides to every story, though.

      12 years ago at 5:02 pm
    3. frattytide

      The full story hasn’t even come out y’all sound like a bunch of GDIs jumping the gun and blaming the fraternity.

      12 years ago at 5:41 pm
  10. The Prodigy TFM

    What the absolute fuck, this is disgusting. Hope you fucking pricks rot. You better pray to the based Dorn for forgiveness.

    12 years ago at 11:25 am