The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 30, 1993, Page 10, Image 10
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By College Press Service
Ron Binder is about the last person
a party-hearty University of
Georgia fraternity brother wants to
see standing on the front steps of
the fraternity house at 3 a.m.
For bleary-eyed fraternity men,
the appearance of the hastily
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Hotline.
Binder, the university's fraternity
..adviser, has to be one of the most
Respected, yet most feared, officials
3o the 2,000 fraternity brothers on
Campus.
# An anonymous phone call to his
!24-hour hotline, which played a
?Jcey role in cracking two major hazJing
incidents at Georgia this past
Spring, can make or break a frater?
Sigma Phi Epsilon received a
Jfive-year suspension from the campus
when an underage pledge
almost died from guzzling nearly a
fifth of whiskey.
Kappa Alpha Psi was suspended
after an investigator from its :
national headquarters discovered a
pledge needed surgery because of
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about it," Binder said.
Binder said he doesn't mind
being roused from a sound sleep by
worried brothers, parents and girlfriends.
His wife is not thrilled
about the phone calls, he said, but
for him, it's all part of the job. If
he can interrupt a hazing incident
or any other misconduct, he doesn't
mind the lack of sleep.
The success of the Hazing
Hotline ? Binder has received as
many as 10 calls in one pledge
period ? is because Binder
promises anonymity to callers. He
investigates as many as six incidents
a month.
"We tell them we don't need
names. We ask, 'What is the
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to take measures to intervene.
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and he called my mom about some
things he was worried about. She
advised him to call the dean's
office at his school. But they told
him that he had to identify himself."
Binder said that few of the hotline
calls are bogus. However,
some callers don't take the time to
stay on the phone and give him
enough information to follow up
with the fraternity.
The calls that Binder receives
usually come in after an incident.
However, Binder has received calls
about incidents about to happen,
and that's when he makes an
appearance at the fraternity house.
"We try to make certain the
complaint is credible," Binder said.
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"It has really helped to stop hazng
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feel for what he should believe and
vhat he shouldn't."
Scobee said fraternity presidents
it the university are strongly
apposed to hazing, and "It has been
leading that way for a while."
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lumber is widely published
throughout the university. It is sent
to residential assistants, faculty and
is even distributed to residential
tiomes and businesses that are situated
within a block of a fraternity
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parents.
"It lets people know there is a
policy," Binder said.
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