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A University of South Alabama student was beaten with fists and a wooden paddle in a hazing ritual that resulted in his hospitalization with a ruptured spleen. The report stated that Mims received the injuries at the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house and lists the relationship of the offender as "friend."

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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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Mintyfunk
Jan. 18, 2007, 3:08 p.m.
Nothing says belonging like a ruptured spleen.

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  hecuba
  Jan. 20, 2007, 1:42 p.m.
  In the words of the immortal Groucho..."I won't have anything to do with anyone who'll have anything to do with me!"
  Only losers need to make friends this badly.
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vidman04
Jan. 18, 2007, 9:47 p.m.
Glad I went in the 70's. We were too busy partying to bother with this kind of stuff. LOL!!
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uncle-dave
Jan. 18, 2007, 11:46 p.m.
So much for higher education.

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  clh19
  Jan. 19, 2007, 12:50 p.m.
  Whenever I hear about something like this, it always makes me wonder why fraternities are so highly revered in America.
  I wouldn't ever THINK about trying to join one.
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joey-evans
Jan. 19, 2007, 9:34 a.m.
What a wussy!
No, really....When I joined a fraternity, I did everything like I was supposed to do, but I sure as hell did not allow anyone to hit or physically abuse me.
Well, that's tke for you.
JOEY EVANS
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evelyna
Jan. 19, 2007, 10:04 a.m.
This is Bush's fault. Soon every corporation in America will have these hazing ceremonies and people will participate.
Doggie dog, mean, psychopathic society.

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  vidman04
  Jan. 19, 2007, 12:53 p.m.
  Bush's fault? WTF.......??????
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nativestorm
Jan. 19, 2007, 10:13 a.m.
tekes are all savage Repub wannabes.....disband this fraternity and all like this one!!!

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  tfayyad
  May 20, 2008, 6:07 p.m.
  haha i like the jealousy that sprouts from all Fraternities against TKEs, perfectly represented by this sample. Just live with it, we are the best and the biggest in the world and we are here to dominate.
  Oh, and by the way, this story is complete ******. i know the guy who posted this story, he's from a different Fraternity and he is just trying to deface our reputation.
  http://www.fraternitynews.org/node/41
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MisterYar
Jan. 19, 2007, 10:21 a.m.
Sounds like they took it a little too far, but how many of us men have horsed around a little too much and someone got hurt?

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  hecuba
  Jan. 20, 2007, 1:39 p.m.
  Sorta like...It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye?
  What ever happened to acting responsibly?
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vor
Jan. 19, 2007, 10:59 a.m.
This is male-on-male S&M for the so-called straight set. Just like college girls end up having lesbian adventures out of experimentation, this is the male equivalent. I stayed away from this stuff. Just darn weird. Fueled by overdoses of cheap beer. Binge drinking is, and has always been for losers...
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Logan666
Jan. 19, 2007, 11:41 a.m.
Thank you sir may I have another...
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spiralthrough
Jan. 19, 2007, 12:21 p.m.
That sounds more like a gang initiation than a hazing.
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kriicket
Jan. 19, 2007, 2:27 p.m.
I wonder if charges will be filed.
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mark-stevens
Jan. 19, 2007, 3:02 p.m.
I remember a 1965 Mad Magazine "Life in Collage" drawing series, in which they showed the perceived and the actual. Hazing was perceived as a kid blind folded carrying an egg in a spoon. Reality showed kids in executioner hoods holding red hot pokers heading towards a pledge tied up and screaming. This type of "fun hazing" apparently is nothing new.