Saying something was "released by 4Chan" is like saying a youtube video was "released by Google". They are a medium and server for the information provided by some random user.

Better to say "hosted by 4chan"

Back when I was an undergraduate I went to a coffee shop on a Tuesday night to do some reading and an assignment. Things start out well, I have music playing softly through my headphones and after about 30 minutes a large party of 30-something ladies come and they take a seat right beside me. They're enjoying their…

I do not like Bobby Flay one bit. Alton Brown should cook more and host less.

You reported a story you heard second hand, that a coworker of yours had heard as a rumor. These rumors are always going around. Fraternities are rumored to make their pledges have sex with sheep, sororities are rumored to force all sorts of sexual acts to be performed by pledges. If the sorority in question was…

This. Every year during recruitment these outrageous rumors would surface about almost every sorority on campus - the exact ones that have been repeated in this article, word for word (and I didn't go to Hofstra). How often were these rumors true? Never. Who was spreading them? Fraternity men, for the most part, and a…

Just wanted to let you know that you are absolutely on the right path here. I went to Hofstra and was apart of the Greek system there. There is NO WAY the school would have punished or banned an individual student from the organization for hazing. It would have absolutely had to come from inside the organization. If…

Are you kidding me? Name me ONE true instance of fraternities routinely raping their pledges as a part of the hazing process.

The reason that more than one former Hofstra student recited those claims is because those are common hazing rumors that circulate on almost every campus, due to the over-sexualized image that sorority women are subject to on every single campus. People would like to think they're true, so they circulate them as if…

Yeah, I was joking about the fact that this "exclusive" relies on a single source for the bulk of its details. I think even the NY Post is more cautious than Jezebel.

As much as I despise the Greek system, legends of their hazing rituals tend to reach some pretty ridiculous heights. Almost as if the routine "beats the shit out of, starves, freezes" which happens everywhere isn't enough to make a decent story, so we end up with shit like "sits on newspapers for a lesbian check".

Thanks for the insulting and dismissive sign off. I thought we were having a completely civilized exchange about something that we both agree is a problem but where we disagree about appropriate ways to address that problem. I would like to see these accusations aggressively investigated and, if appropriate,…

The fact that Erin even posted this in her article is just ridiculous. She's either incredibly naive, an awful "journalist", or both. I can't believe she was going for page hits, because otherwise it would be in the title.

exactly. I can't take this seriously — I was in Alpha Phi and was a chapter advisor for 5 years. I've heard and seen EVERYTHING. i've never in my life come across a story this salacious that actually turned out to be true. you think the sisters at Hofstra could get away with this for years with a new member class of…

While this is a informative piece, and speaks to the hypocrisy of many of these organizations, I have issue with some of the journalism. In no way do I defend Kazantsev's actions, but can an article like this truly stand on anonymous sources alone? This is a pretty big statement that Jezebel is making, and as a…

No one teaches the journalism majors not to single source articles with inflammatory allegations. Also no one teaches them to call the subject for comment.

I don't believe any of this for a minute. The fact that Jez is even posting this ridiculous. It sounds like its from "Sorority Sluts 15" or whatever the fuck porno title. Complete BS. You think this stuff would have happened and there's be no complaints, no evidence, no photographs?

Yeah, nything that gets around to other groups on campus is also going to get around to alumnae advisers, college staff, etc. Which is to say: hazing is not this exciting, it's stuff like sleep deprivation, alcohol consumption, and stupid chores.

A recent graduate who attended Hofstra at the same time as Kazantsev told Jezebel that the final two steps of pledging in one (unnamed) sorority involved making all of the pledges remove their underwear and sit on newspapers while the older members forced them to watch lesbian porn. Anyone whose newspaper stuck to…

No no, it's true! My mom's only sister's only daughter's only cousin told me!

"A recent graduate who attended Hofstra at the same time as Kazantsev told Jezebel..."