UA responds to throwing objects

[AUloggerhead 2,253]

I think Michigan throws marshmallows during the games

You talking about the players, right? ($1 to Appy State!)

[TheDrewYouKnew 3]

Well, apparently UA has already enforced it to some degree by punishing whole fraternities for the actions of their members. I think moving them to less desirable seating is a good start. If it continues and a frat becomes a repeat offender, I'd consider revoking their seating privileges altogether. Maybe the second time they do it, they lose the right to have seating together at all and are policed to make sure they don't try to save seats either. Third strikes and every member of the frat loses their season tickets.

This is what I'm talking about. Punishing those who threw nothing in order to get the one that threw it... That won't last too long. It can't. It's un-American.

The University is hoping that the threat of severe consequences is enough deterrent to prevent throwing stuff. I hope they are right because they are going to have a mess if they start punishing groups to get individuals.

I am 100% for it because frat kids act as one. They throw together and fight together, so they should be punished together. They shouldn't get special seating anyways.

[BamaGrad03 0]

They also get drunk together. I'm tired of Universities (especially Alabama) turning a blind eye to the crap that goes on in those reserved sections. Half the greek section is bombed off their ass and can't even sit next to their date without throwing up on them.

[TitanTiger 20,510]

I don't know if it's un-American. I can remember mulitple times where teachers or coaches employed such methods. One guy lollygags around in practice and we all had to run extra wind sprints afterward. One kid pulls a prank on the teacher and she demands to know who did it. If no one fesses up, everyone gets to write a 5 page paper on the importance of manners and respecting authority in addition to the 50 extra pages of reading to do before the newly-implemented pop quiz tomorrow.

Seems rather tried and true. And it puts some of the onus on the frats to police their own. They are far more likely to behave if it means the scorn and retribution from their own peer group than if some pointy-headed administrator says it.

[AuburnChopper1 0]

I get why it would be amusing to some, but those footballs aren't cheap, and ARE the property of the school kicking it into the stands. If it gets caught on tape, or by security, I'd have the student escorted out to get the ball, escorted in to hand it to security, and then right back out to the street.

It's may seem funny, but it's low rent, and costly as well.

If it continued, I'd be all for nets. This goes for ANY school, not just AU.

[CircleDrill 178]

I am 100% for it because frat kids act as one. They throw together and fight together, so they should be punished together. They shouldn't get special seating anyways.

That right there will solve the problem.

[War Eagle 96 10]

Well, apparently UA has already enforced it to some degree by punishing whole fraternities for the actions of their members. I think moving them to less desirable seating is a good start. If it continues and a frat becomes a repeat offender, I'd consider revoking their seating privileges altogether. Maybe the second time they do it, they lose the right to have seating together at all and are policed to make sure they don't try to save seats either. Third strikes and every member of the frat loses their season tickets.

Wow, there are obviously a bunch of GDI's on this site.

[TitanTiger 20,510]

GDI's? Don't know what that means but going by context I'm taking that it has some anti-frat connotation to it.

Look, all I care about is that stupid people in large groups not be allowed to drunkenly wreak havoc at football games. I don't care whether it frats or the local 4-H club doing it.

[Grider 1]

GDI's? Don't know what that means but going by context I'm taking that it has some anti-frat connotation to it.

Look, all I care about is that stupid people in large groups not be allowed to drunkenly wreak havoc at football games. I don't care whether it frats or the local 4-H club doing it.

Urban Dictionary FTW: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...p;defid=1155020

[War Eagle 96 10]

GDI's?

Look, all I care about is that stupid people in large groups not be allowed to drunkenly wreak havoc at football games. I don't care whether it frats or the local 4-H club doing it.

Gamma Iota Delta (Gosh Darned Independents) - I sat (stood) in the student section with my fraternity for 4 years in shool and in those days (91-95) when people were aggravated at the games, the flying cups and shakers that were thrown on the field always came from above us and from our left, from the independents...

Just seems like a lot of fraternity-bashing and broad-brush painting going on here to me. Graduation rates among fraternity men are higher than all men's average. GPA's among fraternity men are higher than all-men's average. Leaders on campus (elected and not), more often than, are greek. Heck most Presidents of the United States (by a large margin) were greek. Just not sure where all of the fraternity bashing is coming from. I understand it's easiest for universities to target groups, but you guys throwing around frat this, frat that (derogatory to greeks), I don't know...just seems to drip a bit with jealousy.

[TitanTiger 20,510]

Well, it's not jealousy. In the case of UA's punishment, they reviewed film and saw that in this case, it was the frat sections (two specifically) that were responsible. So they took appropriate action. I actually like the tradition at Auburn and seeing on TV guys in ties and girls in dresses at the games. But if it ever comes to where those folks can't behave themselves, block seating privileges should be revoked.

Personally, I'll admit I wasn't the frat type. I was invited but just had too much else going on to pay and join one. I had plenty of friends and plenty of extracurricular stuff to do without one. But I don't have anything against them per se.

[War Eagle 96 10]

Well, it's not jealousy. In the case of UA's punishment, they reviewed film and saw that in this case, it was the frat sections (two specifically) that were responsible. So they took appropriate action. I actually like the tradition at Auburn and seeing on TV guys in ties and girls in dresses at the games. But if it ever comes to where those folks can't behave themselves, block seating privileges should be revoked.

Personally, I'll admit I wasn't the frat type. I was invited but just had too much else going on to pay and join one. I had plenty of friends and plenty of extracurricular stuff to do without one. But I don't have anything against them per se.

Agreed. Just keep in mind when you call it a frat, and not a fraternity, it offends greek folks to the degree that spelling our coaches name Tubberrville would offend you.

[BamaGrad03 0]

Yeah I had plenty of run ins with FRATS at Bama. The vast majority of frat-tastic lemmings I came across were terribly disrespectful to women, had a huge sense of entitlement, couldn't hold their liquor, all had the same haircut/poloshirt/short khaki shorts/shoes.

I had a bunch of friends in frats. But everytime us GDIs went over to their band party or whatever, they always tried to start s*** with us because we weren't like them (and we were way better with their dates).

At Alabama, the student section problem starts and ends with the fratboys. Since the cup throwing started, it has always been traced back to those guys. In addition to the jim beam minis, puke stained blue blazers, and downtrodden freshmen dudes who have bruises all over their legs from all the hazing.

[outoftowntiger 0]

GDI's?

Look, all I care about is that stupid people in large groups not be allowed to drunkenly wreak havoc at football games. I don't care whether it frats or the local 4-H club doing it.

Gamma Iota Delta (Gosh Darned Independents) - I sat (stood) in the student section with my fraternity for 4 years in shool and in those days (91-95) when people were aggravated at the games, the flying cups and shakers that were thrown on the field always came from above us and from our left, from the independents...

Just seems like a lot of fraternity-bashing and broad-brush painting going on here to me. Graduation rates among fraternity men are higher than all men's average. GPA's among fraternity men are higher than all-men's average. Leaders on campus (elected and not), more often than, are greek. Heck most Presidents of the United States (by a large margin) were greek. Just not sure where all of the fraternity bashing is coming from. I understand it's easiest for universities to target groups, but you guys throwing around frat this, frat that (derogatory to greeks), I don't know...just seems to drip a bit with jealousy.

Yeah fraternities

[SouthLink02 8]

Talk about a difference.

The frats are the ones NOT causing the problems at UGA.

The independents are the ones who have the seats on the bottom level while the frats are the ones who are on the 2nd level.

So, all the throwing incidents at UGA come from the regular students.

I personally think the hatred for greek students is very unwarranted but I see I would be greatly outnumbered here

[BamaGrad03 0]

Yeah you didn't go to school at Bama either.

At UA if you are a member of an "old row" sorority, dating a guy from a non "old row" frat is SERIOUSLY frowned upon...dating a GDI is all but forbidden.

[TheDrewYouKnew 3]

Yeah I had plenty of run ins with FRATS at Bama. The vast majority of frat-tastic lemmings I came across were terribly disrespectful to women, had a huge sense of entitlement, couldn't hold their liquor, all had the same haircut/poloshirt/short khaki shorts/shoes.

I had a bunch of friends in frats. But everytime us GDIs went over to their band party or whatever, they always tried to start s*** with us because we weren't like them (and we were way better with their dates).

At Alabama, the student section problem starts and ends with the fratboys. Since the cup throwing started, it has always been traced back to those guys. In addition to the jim beam minis, puke stained blue blazers, and downtrodden freshmen dudes who have bruises all over their legs from all the hazing.

You forgot the stupid Croakie glasses with the huge azz strap in the back, and the shorts would be more appropriately called Daisy Dukes.

But I agree with you completely, especially on the disrespect to women. Unfortunately a lot of the girls allow that to go on. And I think GDI is a stupid term. Being yourself should not become something that we label. If I am asked if I am in a frat, I am offended and say "no". Then they say "oh, so your a GDI?" Then I respond "no". Then their head almost explodes because that response isn't covered in the frat guide to living, so they take themselves and their pink shirt with the popped collar elsewhere.

[AUChizad 0]

Gamma Iota Delta (Gosh Darned Independents)

A term commonly used by frat douches in a derogatory manner when talking down to a non-Greek. I've been called a "Poor white trash GDI" by some douche that tried to start a fight with my brother only because he recognized him as a baseball player and I stepped in.

I sat (stood) in the student section with my fraternity for 4 years in shool and in those days (91-95) when people were aggravated at the games, the flying cups and shakers that were thrown on the field always came from above us and from our left, from the independents...

I'm gonna go ahead and call bulls#!t. And you know it.

Here's a quick anecdote for you that comes to mind.

At the Kansas State game this year, the people I was supposed to be sitting with didn't end up being able to sit with me where our tickets were, so I called one of my other friends (an ex Greek) while in the stadium to see if I could sit with him.

I've never been so embarrassed at a game in my life. He was getting progressively more belligerently drunk from the Jim Beam minis he kept dumping into his Coke. He pretty much went down the list of all the classless things that piss you off to hear a fan say at a game.

"BREAK HIS F*#*ING LEG!"

"TAKE COX'S CRIPPLED ASS OUT OF THE GAME! F*@# THAT CRIPPLED @**hole!!"

Finally he yelled "COME ON, YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF VAGINAS!" and the guy in front of us finally turned around and told him he didn't appreciate his language around his daughters (although I had to kind of chuckle inside that after all the foul things he'd been saying, the medical term "vagina" was just too much).

But at that point, I had to leave. I wanted to stay and watch the end of the game, but I couldn't sit next to him any longer.

The next day after he'd calmed down/sobered up he said he needs to get used to not yelling things out like that because that's "just what you do in the student section". It would probably get you punched in the mouth in the non-Greek part of the student section, that's for sure.

Just seems like a lot of fraternity-bashing and broad-brush painting going on here to me.

No one was making this personal until you just decided to. From here you go on to toot the Greek system's horn with plenty of stuff completely irrelevant to this argument, which is that they are responsible for 95% of the classless acts that go on at the games.

Graduation rates among fraternity men are higher than all men's average. GPA's among fraternity men are higher than all-men's average.

Because they keep copies of tests on file amongst other ways to cheat.

Leaders on campus (elected and not), more often than, are greek.

Most often they're elected at which point it's merely a contest for who has the biggest fraternity to get the most votes. Most "GDI" could give a rat's ass about SGA because they see it for what it is. Some douche holding a meaningless "office" so that it looks good on a resume.

Heck most Presidents of the United States (by a large margin) were greek.

Because they're the same types of superficial douches that are egotistical enough to run for public office.

Just not sure where all of the fraternity bashing is coming from. I understand it's easiest for universities to target groups, but you guys throwing around frat this, frat that (derogatory to greeks)

Never heard that one before. You're telling me you've never said "Frat brother", "Frat party", "Frat House", or "Frat Row"? And yes, I hung out with a lot of Greeks in college despite your elitist attitude that non-Greeks are "jealous" because we all long to be in your jam-band loving identically douchebag-looking clubs. And they all used the word frat very commonly.

I don't know...just seems to drip a bit with jealousy.

This is exactly why fraternities are generally hated. You're like bama fans.

[TheDrewYouKnew 3]

Very well said.

You must be "jealous"

[GalensGhost 0]

Agreed. Just keep in mind when you call it a frat, and not a fraternity, it offends greek folks to the degree that spelling our coaches name Tubberrville would offend you.

I prefer to spell it FART, because that's generally more fitting.

[BamaGrad03 0]

Funny that we get called out for "offending" greek folks by using the term Frat. But the guy calling us out calls us all GDIs.

In my 5 years at Bama, I took a female friend to the hospital 3 times for being drugged from their drink. All 3 times it was at a frat-tastic party.

I had knowledge of a multitude of other instances where a friend was date raped, not one of them was from a non-greek dude.

I had pothead friends at Bama. But the biggest coke heads on campus were 3 frats. The only drug dealers I knew of on campus, were in frats.

And Chizad is right about the tests thing.

[SouthLink02 8]

What is wrong with calling people GDI's? (G** Damn Independents from what I remember)....people not in greek life said that loud & proud when I was at UGA

[AuburnChopper1 0]

There's plenty of good kids in fraternities, but you have to admit, the shaggy looking, kentucky waterfall, pillow-head haircut, always present visor, sunglasses hung from straps, polo shirt with the gay looking front-tuck thing goin' on, sandals, or at minimum, crocs, and a smug attitude is pretty common. There are kids that took advantage and explored "greek life", then there is the seemingly majority "frat-tastics" that are there because of some sense of entitlement, or because daddy went there. They've never purchased anything for themselves with the exception of alchohol and other self gratifying garbage. They have no self awareness, or self value, and it's because everything they say and do, 90% of the time is determined by what others think is cool, or "the shi* at the time.

On the same end, there are the different levels of sorority girls. There are the sorority girls that take advantage of greek life and enjoy the sisterhood of it all. Then there are the prosti-tots. These are the girls that are never seen carrying books, but rather an overly priced, non-practicle purse. They evaluate everything on every other "chick" around them. They are ruthless, unkind, overly done, fake baked coke heads half the time, that never see the world in any other light than the dark shaded world seen through their overly priced, over sized blinder sunglasses.

All the self entitlement, and the total lack of any kind of REAL social awareness leads them down the path of throwing crap on the field, at each other, and at anything.

Most of them, unfortunately to the reputable people that happened to be in fraternities, bring this type of stereotype upon themselves with actions seen alllll too often.

[AuburnChopper1 0]

It's fresh in my mind tonight, as I'm IN Tuscaloosa right now. Shhh...don't tell no one! Back to the Gump in the morning!

[AUChizad 0]

Also, I'd like to add that three out of the four serious girlfriends in my life were in sororities.