UC Davis Fraternities Go Meat-Free For A Week In Philanthropy Chair’s Worst Idea Yet

El Taco8 years ago

Two UC Davis fraternities are trading in their man meat for man tofu.

Theta Xi and Theta Chi are competing against each other in what’s being called the Vegan Frat Challenge. Now, I know you’re probably a bit skeptical of this by the name but bear with me. It gets much worse.

The challenge flag was thrown at the two fraternities by P.E.A.C.E., or People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty through Education. Now, ignoring the fact that the organization should actually be called P.E.A.C.T.E., it’s good to see two sides with such open minds.

From Capital Public Radio:

To kick off the week, a group of female activists came by Theta Xi to show the young men how to make a tofu scramble. John Eakin, [a UC Davis sophomore and a member of Theta Xi fraternity] appreciated the demo.

“Most of us don’t know how to cook tofu,” Eakin admits.

He says he and his fellow fraternity members normally eat a meat-based diet: “If we started cooking [tofu] all of a sudden and it tasted really horrible, maybe that would deter us. I think they’re trying to make it as tasteful as possible.”

P.E.A.C.E. president Iliana Zisman frames it as a collaboration.

“It’s not so much about women cooking for men. It’s vegans working to empower non-vegans with knowledge on how to cook this way,” she says.

Why do I feel like Eakin has a knife aimed right at his balls during this interview?

As if an entire exec board trying to convince the rest of the house that throwing out all their meat in exchange for grass and tofu for a week is a good idea wasn’t hard enough, the challenge is also in somewhat collaboration with….(drumroll please)….a terrorist organization named PETA!

There’s a philanthropy chair, maybe two, somewhere in the world right now likely being tortured for getting these poor fraternities involved in this.

Now, it’s not the first time we’ve seen this kind of event. J-Money wrote about a similar one just a short while ago. He was indifferent on the idea. I, as a man who has morals and stands for the flag so I can tell people about it on my Facebook feed, am a bit more decisive. I’m all for friendly competition, but you can find me hanging with Ron Swanson at Billy Joe’s Steakhouse for breakfast, lunch and dinner every damn night.

At least the light at the end of the tunnel is near.

The winner will be announced at a vegan barbecue on Friday.

Sign me tf up..

[via Capital Public Radio]

Image via Facebook/ Theta Chi at UC Davis