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← True Crime Reporter31 Mar · 28 min

Brotherhood of Brutality Unchecked Fraternity Hazing

Brotherhood of Brutality Unchecked Fraternity Hazing31 Mar28 min

By Robert Riggs

Burned with lit cigarettes. Impaled with a fishhook. Staples fired into his hip. Deadly drugs forced up his nose.

It sounds like a brutal regime’s methods from a torture chamber.

But these are the homegrown means of hazing that the Alpha Nu Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity allegedly used on pledges at the University of Texas at Austin.

The sadistic practices detailed in a wrongful death lawsuit raise questions about whether fraternity members derive pleasure from inflicting pain.

It allegedly caused 18-year-old Sawyer Updike to end his life under the influence of mind-bending drugs he was forced to take.

If you are sending a son or daughter off to college, you want to hear this story about Brothers of Brutality.

Get The Facts About Hazing On Your College Campus at HazingInfo.org

University of Texas at Austin Hazing Report Required by the Federal Stop Campus Hazing Act

Sawyer Updike Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Sigma Chi Fraternity

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