Two more New England College students have been arrested on hazing charges linked to a pledging ceremony last fall.

Henniker police say 25-year-old Nicholas Weiss and 22-year-old Kevin Phelps used a World War II-era bayonet, which wasn’t connected to a rifle, to brand at least seven students during the pledging ceremony at the Sigma Alpha Beta fraternity.

The Concord Monitor reports they were each charged with four misdemeanor counts of student hazing related to the Oct. 25 incident. Seven students were arrested in March.

Police started investigating after several pledges admitted themselves to the infirmary with severe burn-related injuries.

Check out all the burning details here!

Fraternity. It’s synonymous with brotherhood. Or maybe it’s the very definition of brotherhood. And like real brotherhood’s charlie horses, dead legs, rat tails, and atomic sit-ups, there are major prices to having a fraternity brother as well: member dues, emergency keg funds, stripper fees, and hospital bills. As many freshmen think about which fraternity to join on campus, they have to ask themselves: Am I willing to pay that price? If your answer is a meager, “No thanks,” then we wish you the best of luck in your collegiate endeavors, you g*ddamn independent. If your answer is a hearty, “Yes,”  then you need to know exactly what you’re getting into – what kind of “brothers” you’ll be pledging with, beer-bonging with, keg-tossing with, and threesoming with. Luckily, we at COED have put together a handy little cheat sheet to help freshmen – and those slacker sophomores who regret not pledging the year before – navigate the Greek scene by profiling each kind of “Frat Guy.” (more…)

College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.

The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the biennial report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Over all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007 while median family income rose 147 percent. [NY Times]

Underground Fraternity, Sororities Can Face Consequences

A painted rock with Phi Alpha Psi Senate, a fraternity that was banned from campus in 2002, was recently discovered behind the Recreation Center with the last names of current students written on it. If Senate is recruiting new members, it would be considered an “underground fraternity” and could face possible punishment from the university for functioning on campus and for not following the rock policy set up by the advisor for fraternities and sororities. [The Montclarion]

USC To Face Penalty For Uniform Change on Saturday

As an homage to Saturday tradition, USC will wear their red jerseys as the road team, violating an NCAA rule stipulating that visitors must wear white. The Pac-10 will dock the Trojans a timeout. UCLA, in the spirit of fair play, will call another timeout. After two ludicrous delays at the beginning of each half, the game will proceed. [The Big Lead]

If Wikipedia Was a Professor, College Would Be Awesome [Citation Needed]

CollegeHumor, kings of turning internet memes into viral videos, have done it again with Professor Wikipedia. It’s pretty awesome, although I take issue with the notion that nobody wants to know the names of all the makeup artists who worked on the original Star Wars trilogy. I’m pretty sure Jesus Diaz does. Guy is a superfan. [Gizmodo]

The Top 10 Worst Calls of the BCS Era

Since incompetent officiating is fresh on the minds of college football fans everywhere, I thought it may help the victims of this latest hosing to know that they are not alone. Here, we examine the worst calls of the BCS era, which comprises the last ten years of college football.

Before I get a slew of e-mails asking me why so many of these games occurred in 2007, I can only tell you that it’s fitting that college football’s craziest season ever also contained some of the worst calls of the decade. But this is meant to be an interactive article, so please utilize the comments section below to bellow, rant, or add your own pick to the list.

Drum roll please, here’s the countdown. [Bleacher Report]

How to Get a Bid at a Top Five Fraternity

Rushing a frat is much easier than rushing a sorority, mainly because it’s not some highly orchestrated parade where you have to tour each house regardless of how much most of them might suck. If this were the case for frats, it would take a month, since there are more houses than anyone even realizes. Alpha Sig? What the hell is that?

But anyways, everyone wants to know how to get into a “top” frat meaning you get to party with all the hottest sorority girls and get an inflated sense of self-worth while walking around campus among lowly tier-3 brothers and GDIs. How do you do it? The answer really isn’t as hard as you think. [CollegeOTR]

Bringing you all the highlights from the past week are the ever-awesome Reef Girls. I’m not sure where they find these chicks, but wherever that is, remind me to book my next vacation there.

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Pacino, De Niro Re-Unite: Why You Should See Righteous Kill

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are living legends, among an elite group of actors who are celebrated now, and will continue to be in years to come, for their continued excellence on the screen. This weekend marks only their second time sharing the screen since the 1995 film Heat, in the much anticipated thriller, Righteous Kill.

Incomprehensible English: The Kooks Interview

The Kooks are everywhere! Recently, we had a chance to get lead singer, Luke Pritchard on the phone for an interview. And earlier this week, we caught their NYC show at Central Park’s Summer Stage. Good times all around.

College Football Week Three: Cheerleader Edition

Welcome back, football fans, for another installment of College Football Preview Cheerleader Edition. We’ve got games, stats, predictions–and a ton of freakin’ cheerleaders. We’re not saying it’s the best way to check out what games are coming up for the weekend, but…wait a minute…Yes we are!

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

The Definitive 25 Sexiest Sportscasters

In the world of sports, you have the athletes and then you have the female sportscasters. From a sea of beauty, brains and braun, we’ve narrowed down the field of these mic-holding honeys. So sit back, grab a beer, and get read for the Top 25 Sexiest Sportscasters.

Pledging: “The Best Time of Your Life, But You’ll Never Do it Again”

I remember hearing that phrase, “The Best time of your life, But You’ll Never do it Again.”  At least that’s what I heard when I had a sports jacket on and all the “brothers” were cheering me on as we got drunk and had fun on bid day. And sure it was fun the first couple of weeks when we had to do little chores for the brothers and even humiliate yourself for a gag or two.

Top 5 Reasons Not To Feel Sorry For Tom Brady

Poor Tom Brady is out for the season and now we learn that he has an ACL and MCL tear, which will take him about 9 months to get back to any kind of athletic position. Tears? Angst? Hold onto that for a moment. Tom Brady is not hard up for your sympathy yet.

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Rate Your Girl: The Area Code System At Work

Every guy has, at one point or another, seen a hot girl walk by or sitting at the bar, turned to his bro and given her a rating from 1-10. It’s fun. We’ve done it, you’ve done, everybody’s done it. But it’s just not working for us anymore. Luckily, a while back we discovered a far superior chick rating system than the outdated and insufficient 0-10 called the “Area Code System.”

God Hates My Fantasy Football Team

So I got the 5th pick in my draft this year. I was poised and ready to go, but like any draft I only got half of the guys I wanted. Among my top picks were Brady, Young (as a back up), Alge Crumpler, Dante Stallworth, Javon Walker, Joseph Addai, Dallas Clark, and Laurence Maroney. Then God struck.

Three Blog Monte: Bar Rafaeli

Pick a card, any card. This marks the third installment of our new weekly game Three Blog Monte, which pits you against chance–and our sick sense of humor.

This week’s prize is Bar Rafaeli! Choose the right card, and you’ll get a face full of her awesome hotness. Fail that, and who knows what humiliating wrath the Internet Gods will wish upon your head.

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Natalie Dylan Auctions Virginity on Howard Stern

I remember hearing that phrase, “The Best time of your life, But You’ll Never do it Again.”  At least that’s what I heard when I had a sports jacket on and all the “brothers” were cheering me on as we got drunk and had fun on bid day.

And sure it was fun the first couple of weeks when we had to do little chores for the brothers and even humiliate yourself for a gag or two. (more…)

UCLA Sends 37 Athletes To The Olympics

Looking to add to its rich Olympic history yet again in 2008, UCLA will send a total of 37 athletes and coaches to this summer’s Olympic Games, which will be held Aug. 8-24 in Beijing, China. Of the 37 Bruins traveling to Beijing, 31 are athletes (27 former, 3 current, 1 incoming), and six are coaches.

UCLA was one of the nation’s most successful universities at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, ranking No. 1 among all universities in number of different medalists (19) and number of Olympians (57 representing the United States and 13 foreign countries). Of the 19 medals UCLA took home in 2004, eight were gold, eight were bronze and three were silver. If UCLA were a country, it would have placed 14th overall in the medal count. [UCLA]

Ten Things I Miss Most About Being in a Fraternity

College is clearly one of, if not the best time in one’s life. And if you had the chance to join a fraternity, at least for me, it clearly accentuated that life to a very large extent.

Assuming you take out the homo erotic tendencies and relative abuse factor, I can honestly say (without sounding too corny) that joining a fraternity was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Here are 10 reason why… [Uncoached]

Congress May Make It Harder For Credit Card Companies To Target College Students

Credit card companies beware: Congress is watching.

A flurry of bills is in the works in the House of Representatives and the Senate that would rein in how those companies do business. One proposed change that’s triggered interest among lawmakers, particularly as the economy sours, would make it harder for college students to qualify for credit cards.

“It really is just too easy,” said Christine Lindstrom, the director of the Higher Education Project at the nonpartisan Public Interest Research Group. “They will do anything to be the first card in college students’ wallets. They don’t do credit checks. They don’t even know if students have income.” [Huffington Post]

Isn’t it every guy’s fantasy to bag two sisters? Better yet, at the same time? And even better yet, if they are twins – and at the same time? Come on, fellas. Right? I can’t say I slept with twins, though I have claimed that indeed I had, like every half-wit braggart. And I didn’t sleep with two sisters at the same time. But it was kind of great to roll Wendy, who was a junior, and Jill, her sister, who was a freshman in the same night.

It was Jill first. She was dark, quiet, mysterious – a bundle of sexual clich’s that nonetheless were irresistible. She was also incredibly horny, as it turns out. It was as if she didn’t waste her time and energy with small talk and getting the favor of all the guys. She zeroed in on one guy. Tonight, it was me, lucky me. I mistook her reserve, as we danced on the floor of Beta, as shyness or boredom: Then we went to her room, and she just crushed me with her passion. She knew precisely what she wanted, and asked for it – no, she demanded it. Jill, sweet quite Jill, was wild. (more…)

When I think of fraternities, I often think in images; beer pong tables, guys running around without pants, pledges standing out in the rain and screaming renditions of the school’s fight song…you know, the typical, Hollywoodified version of Greek life.What I never picture is yoga.

No, not toga. Yoga. As in stretching and breathing. As in Fraternity brothers stretching and breathing together at 8 A.M. (more…)

If I was still in college right now, I’d be peeing my pants with excitement over this awesome new development in alcoholism.

The Portopong!

Yes, yes, the summer is almost over (10 days and counting) but if you have access to a pool and a group of fun-loving friends, the Portopong is where it’s at. What college student doesn’t love a good game of pong? And in a pool no less? Yea, how about no less than amazing.

Just to make sure, we’re talking about this kind of pong, not this kind. (more…)