Alpha Gamma Rho, again.
It was announced today that Joshua Grimes, former OSU student and former AGR lackey, has pleaded guilty to charges that he shot Dennis Sanderson in the alley behind the frat building last October. As part of the plea bargain, two of the four charges were dropped, but he still faces a possible minimum sentence of five years. Good. Blatant disregard for human life should be punished, even if it was originally intended as some sort of idiotic prank.
Oddly enough, Alpha Gamma Rho made the paper in another incident this week, showing that they still don't have much compassion or understanding for the less fortunate. According to Crime Watch this week, the AGR boys held a "white trash" party, a theme they demonstrated by putting car parts and washing machine parts on the front lawn. (This was only referenced in Crime Watch after someone chucked one of these parts through a window.)
Honestly, that wouldn't typically register high on my list of things to be appalled by (and in fact, I have made white trash comments on Ye Olde Blog previously, I admit). However, this is a fraternity, theoretically an exemplary group of future leaders with philanthropic aims. Not only that, but one might think that a fraternity already under fire for their NRA-pleasing stockpile of weapons and the shooting incident referenced above would be a bit more cautious about the messages they are sending to the community. Ha ha?
A quick Google search led to similar incidents at other chapters of AGR, including a simulated lynching at Oklahoma State University and a hazing-related goat abuse case at Western Kentucky University. Maybe it's time for the fraternity leadership to explain exactly they mean when they say, "The world needs a few good men. The kind of men who lead by the example of their character and the value of their actions. For more than 100 years, Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity has successfully endeavored to make such men." (It's sort of fun to look at their list of values on the national website.)
(If my last post on the Alpha Gamma Rho shooting was any indication, that's sure to bring the belligerent frat defenders out of the woodworks, so gentlemen, please save your finger energy and don't bother typing hateful comments. I will simply ignore them this time around. Keep it civil or you'll have to bang your fists on your keyboard in frustration. And I will laugh and laugh, as you froth and really try to convince everyone that you are only criticized because the rest of us are jealous World of Warcraft addicts, or whatever. Have a nice day.)
Oddly enough, Alpha Gamma Rho made the paper in another incident this week, showing that they still don't have much compassion or understanding for the less fortunate. According to Crime Watch this week, the AGR boys held a "white trash" party, a theme they demonstrated by putting car parts and washing machine parts on the front lawn. (This was only referenced in Crime Watch after someone chucked one of these parts through a window.)
Honestly, that wouldn't typically register high on my list of things to be appalled by (and in fact, I have made white trash comments on Ye Olde Blog previously, I admit). However, this is a fraternity, theoretically an exemplary group of future leaders with philanthropic aims. Not only that, but one might think that a fraternity already under fire for their NRA-pleasing stockpile of weapons and the shooting incident referenced above would be a bit more cautious about the messages they are sending to the community. Ha ha?
A quick Google search led to similar incidents at other chapters of AGR, including a simulated lynching at Oklahoma State University and a hazing-related goat abuse case at Western Kentucky University. Maybe it's time for the fraternity leadership to explain exactly they mean when they say, "The world needs a few good men. The kind of men who lead by the example of their character and the value of their actions. For more than 100 years, Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity has successfully endeavored to make such men." (It's sort of fun to look at their list of values on the national website.)
(If my last post on the Alpha Gamma Rho shooting was any indication, that's sure to bring the belligerent frat defenders out of the woodworks, so gentlemen, please save your finger energy and don't bother typing hateful comments. I will simply ignore them this time around. Keep it civil or you'll have to bang your fists on your keyboard in frustration. And I will laugh and laugh, as you froth and really try to convince everyone that you are only criticized because the rest of us are jealous World of Warcraft addicts, or whatever. Have a nice day.)
posted by Corvallist at
2:34 PM
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The future leaders this frat might produce might be prison block leaders, gang leaders, CEO's of corporations that rip off the retirement funds of thousands of Americans, politicians who produce pork projects and fat contracts to benefit their bestest buddies--in other words---white collar trash.
What community service to these frat houses really do, I wonder? They do trash neighborhoods frequently. I know that. I used to live near one. Some in the neighborhood would move their cars to other areas on Thursday nights to avoid them becoming victims of frat boy crapola.
I say let them put their houses in the middle of a big field far out, maybe barbed wire lined, then they can live in the trash they create on party nights, not bother people with their pounding party noise, people who work the next day, and they can let their "we're a cut above" egos run free, to graze and grow at will, unimpeded by the real world and any required acts of kindness or service to their fellow man.
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Anonymous, at 1:12 AM
remember one or two bad apples can spoil a bad bunch. look at the other fraternities as well they all have their problems. (degrading of women)
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Unknown, at 8:14 PM
I read both your blogs on Alpha Gamma Rho. I know the person the other guy was talking about. his initials are DS but his first names not Dave. I cant for the life of me figure out who the poster might be, but AGR's check your pledge/de-pledge records of the 1980's I'm sure you'll find a few of us "depledges" you morons. Yeah I remember the initiation numbers writing on the ass incidents and thought it was the dumbest male-on-male perversion you idiots could come up with. Now with this shooting thing, what are you idiots thinking!?!?! I also did some www searches of your frat and came up with the same bullshit: hazing with goat-sex, sticking tooth-brushes up your asses, that sort of moronic behaviour involving lower body parts. You dumb-shits! When are you gonna start studying instead of playing silly frat games adn shooting at helpless people ! I'm sure grimes is in prison by now and should be, but so should all you idiots for trying to write you init. number on my ass. As a matter of fact, maybe I can retro-file a hazing lawsuit against you f*#&&ers!!!! Take that to your insurance claim people. Oh, corvallist, sorry if I used any profanity, you may edit at will, but please post. The AGR's are morons and idiots, but so are the others. At least they havnt been caught yet. Ii'm gonna own the property at 331 NW 26th st. after I'm done suing you morons for hazing. Also why dont you talk to Bill shine, eric harris, brad ? Buchannon, and a few others from the early 80's. you guys were idiots then and youre idiots now.bunch of drunk hick bastards! anonymous for now but you'll be hearing from my lawyer if the cops dont come looking for you first!
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Anonymous, at 6:44 PM
Oh and I forgot to mention a guy by the name of John Barry (Berry): You ever touch me with a felt marker again I'm personally gonna shove it up yours and pull it out of your throat you bastard. I should sue you personally for making me drink that shit with the goldfish in it. You bastards. Also I can't think of any more names, i'll go and check out some old OSU yearbooks, but I'm gonna post and see if you AGR jerks come clean with what you did to me back then. And you know it's true, so don't deny now 20 years later, jerks. (Yeah, you could say I'm trying to contain my anger with Alpha Gamma Rho), but I damn near flunked out of college because of you F-ers. At least I got the degree unlike some of you idiots that went bacck to the farm. If I had to do it all over again, I'd major in pre-law and then go to law school to somehow sue your asses. Now with this Grimes shooting thing, from what I read in the paper, you took a nice farm kid and turned him into a gun-toting felon. I'm sure his carreer would have turned out different had your rush chairman never met him. Why doesn't Grimes sue ALpha Gamma Rho for this? I could go on and on. I'm tellin' ya', AGR's, you need to grow up, get a life, and quit pickin on helpless homeless people, and leave the farm-boys alone. Don't try and trick them into joining your no-good-for-nothing organization. You hear me John Barry? I'm gonna see to it you never touch me again with that sharpie! PS - corvallist, sorry again for the rant, but you just hit a nerve with me on this AGR stuff. Those guys deserve what they got coming, in addition to the other frat-trash out there that can't abide by the law!
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