article_snippet: A lawyer for a notorious Dartmouth College fraternity accused of branding new members on new members body compared a notorious Dartmouth College fraternity accused of branding new members on their body to a form of self-expression like piercing or tattooing.
article_snippet: Officials are now extending that punishment over new allegations that members were burned last fall, with one student reportedly having the skin on one student buttocks seared.
article_snippet: members were burned last fall, with one student reportedly having the skin on his buttocks seared are also considering closing the 46-year-old club for good depending on the outcome of discussions.
article_snippet: News of the branding incident emerged this week via the website Gawker.
article_snippet: This is not the first time Alpha Delta has been linked to branding.
article_snippet: A 1992 Rolling Stone article reported that 'a few pledges were reportedly branded against their will this year'.
highlights_snippet: This week This week emerged that a new member had been branded on the buttocks during an initiation ceremony .
  