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Frat Member Found Wrapped In Plastic, Tied To Tree

POSTED: 4:53 pm EST March 25, 2004
UPDATED: 11:42 am EST March 26, 2004

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A University of Central Florida student was found plastic-wrapped to a tree, covered in whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and cooking oil. Now, more than a dozen people are being investigated for what the university calls hazing.

Tied to a tree with yards of plastic wrap, Shawn Pierce, a brother at Phi Delta Theta, was partying with his brothers in the backyard. But, when police arrived, they didn't see a party, they saw a student being hazed.

Conducting routine surveillance, UCF police spotted Shawn Pierce cocooned in plastic wrap, being peeled off a tree by his fraternity brothers.

Pierce, covered in chocolate sauce, whip cream and cooking oil, was partying with his friends after presenting his longtime girlfriend, Lisa, with a charm with his fraternity letters on it, a sign of commitment in the Greek fraternity system.

But the question remains, was Pierce a voluntary participant or was he forced to undergo a ceremonial initiation?

"There was absolutely no violence or cohersion involved in the incidenet and I was in no time forced or compelled to do anything against my will," says Pierce.

But in the conversation with police, he first says he couldn't tell them to stop. Then, as the officer pressed the issue, he changed his story.

"I don't really regret anything at all; I don't think it was that big a deal," says Pierce.

Phi Delta Theta President Christopher Merritt defends his brothers' actions.

"Im very surprised. I think it's been blown way out of proportion. Right when the issue came up, we dealt with it right away and we were a step ahead and we went into the university and head of Greek life," says Merritt.

UCF police say this is the first incident they've had with the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The group has the highest grade-point average on campus and it has the second highest involvement in student government.

Shouldn't we applaud that UCF is the sort of open, welcoming environment where even frat boys can get in touch with their fetish sides?

Shawn Pierce aka Knight Time

Kit-Cat Wrote:Shawn Pierce aka Knight Time

Not quite. I have nothing to do with frats. It's a pretty expensive way to meet people, isn't it?

This must be the new policy for frats leery of trouble. "If we get caught doing any of this to you, you are to say you absolutely were not coerced, and in fact you love it."
But it seems kind of odd that even the kinkiest chap would want to be covered in chocolate sauce and saran wrapped to a tree.

My freshman year of school wherein I attended a school called Ole Miss, a frat thought it would be cool to strip a couple of recruits nude, write racist epithets on them and drop them off in the middle of the night at a nearby black college. The whole frat was quickly booted off campus for several years.

MacLord Wrote:This must be the new policy for frats leery of trouble. "If we get caught doing any of this to you, you are to say you absolutely were not coerced, and in fact you love it."
But it seems kind of odd that even the kinkiest chap would want to be covered in chocolate sauce and saran wrapped to a tree.

My freshman year of school wherein I attended a school called Ole Miss, a frat thought it would be cool to strip a couple of recruits nude, write racist epithets on them and drop them off in the middle of the night at a nearby black college. The whole frat was quickly booted off campus for several years.

You know those situations when you make a bad decision but you end up saying "it seemed like a good idea at the time".... well.... I don't think either above mentioned stunts are worthy of a "it seemed like a good idea at the time" response.

Quote:Shouldn't we applaud that UCF is the sort of open, welcoming environment where even frat boys can get in touch with their fetish sides?

Should we generalize to all from one specific case?

GS.

The Knight Time Wrote:

Kit-Cat Wrote:Shawn Pierce aka Knight Time

Not quite. I have nothing to do with frats. It's a pretty expensive way to meet people, isn't it?

A.K.A "Pay for Friends" :rolltide:

At least we know this will never spread completely across the MAC. I mean, BG just has the one tree . . . . . .

Actually, a similar incident just happened here with a fraternity. I guess it is a tradition is some frats when you make a committment to your girlfriend. The rest of the frat brothers tie you up and throw food at you while the girlfriend watchs. I guess it is supposed to show her that you would do anything for her. I think it is really stupid, but I guess this stuff goes on all over the country. I am not in a fraternity.

OVERHERD Wrote:At least we know this will never spread completely across the MAC. I mean, BG just has the one tree . . . . . .

Ok, 4 trees. He was close.

I'm pretty sure they brought in 3 of those for gameday.

RedSteve Wrote:I'm pretty sure they brought in 3 of those for gameday.

lol :rofl:

MaumeeRocket Wrote:

The Knight Time Wrote:

Kit-Cat Wrote:Shawn Pierce aka Knight Time

Not quite. I have nothing to do with frats. It's a pretty expensive way to meet people, isn't it?

A.K.A "Pay for Friends" :rolltide:

Guys, that's one way to look at it but........what if one of the guys you meet and become great friends with is the son of some guy who owns a company. You can skate through school being drunk and partying the whole time and then when you get out have a connection to a job. Don't laugh, it happens all the time. Remember, sometimes it's not what you know but who you know. Now there are some who join frats and the money spent is a waste as well so it cuts both ways I guess.

this is blown all out of preportion..... the food felt soft n goooie against his skin.... and the seran wrap made a great wind breaker.... its been breeezy down here.