"Princeton Eating Club Ousts 2 Officers Over Emails Ridiculing Women"

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<p>SSDD: Elite University Edition. Hard to keep all these fraternity, sorry eating club, scandals straight.</p>

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A coeducational Princeton University eating club has removed two officers from their posts after they sent out emails ridiculing women, in one including a sexually explicit photograph. The first email, dated Oct. 12, showed a woman engaged in a sex act with a man in one of the public spaces of the club, Tiger Inn. It was sent out by Adam Krop, the club’s vice president, to all the names on a club-wide mailing list, and it was accompanied by a crude joke and a reference to the woman as an “Asian chick.”Later that night Andrew Hoffenberg, the treasurer, sent an email to the same list regarding a lecture by the Princeton alumna whose lawsuit forced eating clubs to admit women. “Ever wonder who we have to thank (blame) for gender equality,” the email began. “Looking for someone to blame for the influx of girls? Come tomorrow and help boo Sally Frank.”

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<p><a href="http://nyti.ms/1FJX7Hz"&gt;http://nyti.ms/1FJX7Hz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Looks like a local Princeton (the borough/township, not the university) blogger broke the original story. Although the commenters questioned the veracity of the claims (and the author’s credentials as a journalist), clearly the Tiger Inn hierarchy thought the accusations had merit.</p>

<p>The original story:
<a href=“http://planetprinceton.com/2014/11/04/more-trouble-for-private-eating-club-at-princeton-university-school-police-investigating-allegations-student-distributed-photo-of-freshman-performing-sex-act-at-party/”>http://planetprinceton.com/2014/11/04/more-trouble-for-private-eating-club-at-princeton-university-school-police-investigating-allegations-student-distributed-photo-of-freshman-performing-sex-act-at-party/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The follow-up:
<a href=“Princeton Eating Club Ousts Two Officers in Wake of Email Scandal – Princeton, NJ local news”>http://planetprinceton.com/2014/12/01/two-officers-ousted-from-eating-club-at-princeton-university-after-email-scandal/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As I’ve said on other threads. Tiger Inn can out-Animal House anybody. </p>

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<p>I had to Google “eating club.” I feel like a peasant. </p>

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<p>Really, FDR, I would expect that many of your friends from Groton would have been members…</p>

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<p>This article offers some insights from a female member’s POV.</p>

<p><a href=“'There Is No Pressure for a Girl to Be a Girl' - The Atlantic”>'There Is No Pressure for a Girl to Be a Girl' - The Atlantic;

<p>I am glad my daughter only has the option of sororities.</p>

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<p>I read that as ‘feel like a pheasant’. Which makes sense, please pass the claret.</p>

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<p>We had lots of eating clubs where I grew up. A Croatian club, Serbian club, Lithuanian club, Italian club, Hungarian club. FDR should have said he felt like a paesano. </p>

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<p>It was interesting to me to read that taking photos of people engaged in sex acts is illegal without their permission in New Jersey, even if they are engaged in the act in a public/inappropriate place? Weird.</p>

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<p>the UVA frat story is really sketchy at best…more likely a hoax.( I am sure you have seen the latest on that “story”)
that said are you shocked the spoiled elitist kids at ivy league schools act like spoiled elitist kids?</p>

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<p>What is spoiled and elitist about getting drunk and having sex on the dance floor? That sounds more like low-life in-the-gutter activity to me. </p>

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<p>No evidence to support criminal charges.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/12/princeton_police_conclude_investigation_into_alleged_photo_of_sex_act_at_princeton_university_eating.html[/url]”>Princeton police end investigation into alleged photo of sex act at Princeton University eating club - nj.com;

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<p>I’m sorry–I’m not understanding the distinction here?</p>

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Since I don’t remember meeting any spoiled elitist kids when I attended an Ivy League school, yes, I *am *surprised.</p>