Mother Of UCF Pledge Gets Beta Theta Pi Suspended After They Made Her Baby Boy Drink An Entire Smirnoff Ice
8 years ago

Beta Theta Pi at the University of Central Florida is in hot water over a cold beverage.

These monsters iced a kid, his mom complained to the school that her poor baby boy was forced to partake in such a daunting task, and now the whole chapter is locked into a suspension under accusations of “hazing” and “providing alcohol to underage students.”

Seriously. That’s all that happened.

From The Orlando Sentinel:

A University of Central Florida fraternity has been suspended after a mother complained her son was forced to chug a “huge bottle” of alcohol during a pledging event.

The university’s action stemmed from a letter that a mother of a former pledge wrote to Beta Theta Pi’s national organization about her son being dismissed from the fraternity. As a pledge, the woman wrote, her son had to perform favors for the current members, including providing rides to them and their girlfriends and cleaning the house for parties at 4 a.m.

And, the mother wrote, her son was sick after fraternity members forced him to drink Smirnoff Ice.

“Being concerned, I did not understand why one drink made him sick until he sent a picture of the huge bottle he was pressured and forced to chug,” she wrote. “I told him that he needed to be careful as he is not used to drinking, and I was worried about him and the other pledges.”

Huge bottle? The largest these suckers can get is 24 ounces. 24 ounces of sugar-laden, lemon flavored malt liquor that middle school tween girls have no problem throwing back in their parents’ basements nationwide. But in the hands of her precious angel, the Betas might as well have just held the kid down and poured motor oil down his throat. We’re talking about a Smirnoff Ice, lady. Not a forty or even a heavy craft beer. A Smirnoff Ice.

Kid was probably berated (rightfully) for struggling to put it down before the end of “Here’s to pledge so-and-so,” couldn’t handle a little ball busting, got de-pledged for not being a normal guy who can give and take a few wisecracks,
and called his mother out of habit. She then felt the need to defend his honor with a strongly worded letter.

I imagine it went a little something like this.

Dear Whoever Can Ensure This Thing Gets Maximum Exposure And Is As Damaging As Possible,

I am writing this on behalf of My Special Miracle, who is more dear to me than anything in the universe. How these people failed to see that he is going to change the world and is destined for great things is beyond me! APPARENTLY, he wasn’t good enough for THEM?

This is a thing that is absolutely inconceivable to me. My Darling Child told me that group of animals MADE HIM help clean up after parties that he attended, and give them rides when he was on sober duty. This is the MOST DISGUSTING thing I’ve ever heard of. My One and Only Gift told me that he was at the beck and call of these demons at 1, maybe 2 hours of the night. How can anyone be expected to slave away in such vile servitude?

And the worst insult of all — My Heavenly Blessing was FORCED to drink an unholy amount of the Devil’s Liquid. This was incredibly distressing to me because My Baby’s stomach is VERY fragile and sensitive, and he was sick and I took him to the hospital because I was terrified he might die. The doctors said he was totally fine and probably ingested less alcohol than if he were to accidentally swallow some mouthwash, but YOU CAN’T TAKE ANY CHANCES.

I stay awake at night worrying about him and ALL THE OTHER PLEDGES because nobody can drink that much. A whole bottle of Smirnoff Ice? It’s repulsive.

With all this in mind, I know you’ll do the right thing and bring down this evil organization.

Yours Passive Aggressively,

Some Terrible Housewife.

What’s funnier is that this kid’s uncle also wrote in and was pretty apologetic towards fraternities on behalf of his sister and embarrassment of a nephew. He basically said, “Yeah, you know you have to go through pledging because you have to put in your dues and the process ultimately makes you a better person.”

“I know that pledgeship can be tough, but it is this learning experience that helps build the lasting bonds of friendship and brotherhood that every fraternity needs to be successful,” the man wrote.

You can bet that if the kid had been raised by this guy instead of his mom, he’d have been able to hold his Ice.

Feel bad for you guys, UCF Beta. I really do. Best of luck with this, but maybe screen your pledges a little bit better next time.

[via Orlando Sentinel]

    1. MightBePike

      Decently ok when enjoyed sincerely and sporadically but when you have no choice but to experience at all times it becomes sickening?
      I’ll say that actually tracks.

      8 years ago at 8:25 am
    1. MightBePike

      That’s the better question. And it’s really just petty. If a frat whose worst crime is icing a pledge gets kicked off that leaves that type of less intense kids to have to go somewhere else where things will probably be worse for them as well. So the irony is that it’s actually worse for any other pledges that might have gone to that frat…

      But angel and his mom don’t actually care about other kids; this is all just a petty move.

      8 years ago at 8:40 am
      1. MightBePike

        I can’t figure out who dances most, takes the bait quicker, and/or is the bigger tryhard. And I know they all want the recognition too… I just wish I had the numbers to give it to them. I want to give the devils their due but it’d be way too much work.

        8 years ago at 8:42 am