‘W’ portrayal a far cry from DKE of today
When the camera panned from a solemn moment of a prayer at a Washington cabinet meeting to fraternity debauchery in a dark basement, the brothers of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity erupted in loud cheers.
Anticipating their on-screen portrayal in Oliver Stone’s latest biopic, “W.,” the brothers got their first glimpse of an overly intoxicated George W. Bush ’68, who, after serving as the president of their fraternity, would later take on the same title as president of the United States.
“Delta Kapps are men of honor, decency and God-given character,” declared the...
It's nice of you to ask DKE about their pledge process, but it would be silly to expect that they would say on the record anything other than the nice banalities they said. "No alcohol is forced upon unwilling pledges." Yeah right. And they all have cuddly teddy bears next to their pillows.
What makes you think that statement is inaccurate?
Read it again "...upon UNWILLING pledges."
Right.
The DKE bros clearly had a lot of fun with this article:
DKE abides by Connecticut law and does not haze its pledges during any sort of hell week, several members of the fraternity said.
“We’re very nice to our pledges,” Uthman Arogundade ’09 said. “We don’t call it hell week. We call it inspiration week.”
These paragraphs are laughable. DKE's hell week is... well, hell. And that's not even counting what's NOT publicly visible.
"Bush, however, stood out. Bonoff recalled “Dubya” sporting Bush Senior’s WWII field jacket, setting him apart from the typical Yalie. Its pockets were roomy enough to each fit a beer, he said."
It's a shame Bush is such a terrible terrible president because he actually seems like a guy I'd have been friends with. You can tell he definitely liked to kick back and sip a few beers back in his day - the kind of stuff that makes a good buddy but a crappy leader. My uncle was DKE '68 and said the same things about Bush - great friend, bad president. Oh well.
Obama seems way too boring and lame to make a good drinking pal, so things are looking up from here!
the film was horrible = boring, empty-headed, and quite useless - there are 30 minute biographies on the History channel with more grip and a clearer sense of direction than 'W'.
It was a failure on multiple levels - I have no interest in Yale's frats but even I thought its characterization a stretch that lended itself towards outsider stereotypes of elite universities.