article_snippet: A Syracuse University pledge may lose four fingers after being forced to crawl in the snow and perform late-night push-ups, and two fraternity members now face charges for the hazing stunt.
article_snippet: Three young men pledging the Nu Alpha Phi fraternity were taken to Lower Hookway Park around midnight Saturday and made to do exercises wearing hooded sweatshirts, pants, boots but no gloves for 'failing to perform Three young men pledging the Nu Alpha Phi fraternity daily duties,' according to Syracuse police.
article_snippet: Pledges usually perform physical exercise in the attic of the fraternity house at 739 Ackerman Avenue, according to police.
article_snippet: After about 30 minutes of crawling and rolling around in the snow, Pledges were given hand warmers and told to walk back to the fraternity house, according to police.
article_snippet: Syracuse University has suspended Nu Alpha Phi, which is described on Syracuse University website as an Asian-interest fraternity with seven chapters at New York colleges and one in New Jersey.
article_snippet: Harsh measures: A trio of Syracuse students were pledging to Nu Alpha Phi fraternity Saturday night when they were herded to a nearby park and forced to do push-ups without gloves.
highlights_snippet: The midnight exercise routine in a Syracuse park was 