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The University of Washington chapter of Theta Xi fraternity was expelled from campus and suspended by the national office in January for hazing. Police found pledges with white grease and peanut butter on their bodies wearing only underwear in the proximity of stolen sheep that were, according to police, “overheated and agitated.”
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Jennifer Connor, 18, a New York woman with a high hairdo, was diagnosed in November with hearing loss and a serious ear infection. Her physician said her ears were clogged with hair spray.
Joel Brand, a candidate this year for the school board in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, was arrested in May and charged with assault. Brand, a member of “Minnesotans for Improved Juvenile Justice” and a behavior specialist for the public school system, was accused of slugging his 18-year-old foster son (who was asleep on a couch) for having consumed alcohol.
