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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMIKE PENCE ONCE RATTED OUT HIS FRATERNITY BROTHERS FOR HAVING A KEG
http://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-once-ratted-out-his-fraternity-brothers-having-keg-735711?utm_source=internal&utm_campaign=most_read&utm_medium=most_read1Vice President Mike Pence reportedly snitched on his Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brothers for having a keg at a party on his colleges dry campus and got his entire house in trouble.
Pence, then a sophomore at Hanover College, alerted the dean that his brothers were violating the small Presbyterian schools strict no-alcohol policy, his former fraternity brother Dan Murphy told The Atlantic in a profile published on Tuesday.
At the time of the incident, the fraternity was reportedly having wild parties re-creating its favorite scenes from Animal House, which had recently been released. Pence was not a particularly hard partier but oversaw his brothers complicated plans to sneak alcohol into the house and was in charge of ironing out any issues with adults if things went wrong.
During one rowdy bash, the brothers found out a dean was coming to the house and tried to hide evidence of their illicit activities, according to the article.
The future vice president greeted the dean at the door and proceeded to direct him straight to the kegs, telling the official they belonged to Phi Gamma Delta, his former brother said.
This was a major departure from the fraternitys usual practice: Whoever answered the door took the blame for the booze so the whole house wasnt formally disciplined, according to Murphy. But after Pence allegedly snitched, the entire fraternity was handed a harsh punishment.
They really raked us over the coals. The whole house was locked down, Murphy told the magazine.
Pences brothers were furious with him, but he maintained a good relationship with the administration. In fact, he was so beloved by school officials that Hanover offered him a job after he graduated, according to The Atlantic.
The profile also divulges other details from Pence's college days in Indiana. In one picture in which hes donning a fortune teller costume, Pence, who believes that women and men should never dine alone, smugly looks at the camera while a woman sits on his lap.
He wasnt a particularly stellar student and had a B average, according to The Atlantic. An evangelical Christian, he once attended a music festival billed as the Christian Woodstock and spent days rocking out to Jesus-loving prog-rock bands and born-again Bob Dylan imitators.
The future vice president reportedly agonized over his calling and talked about becoming a priest, Murphy said, although it was obvious that Pence wanted to be president one day.
The White House did not return a request for comment.
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MIKE PENCE ONCE RATTED OUT HIS FRATERNITY BROTHERS FOR HAVING A KEG (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Dec 2017
OP
I would love to see him rat out the entire Trump administration to save his own neck
marylandblue
Dec 2017
#3
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. I would love to interview his frat brothers
crazylikafox
(2,758 posts)2. OMG... I had to check to see if this was satire.
Who behaves that way as a college kid?
Initech
(100,080 posts)4. He must be Neidermayer from Animal House.
crazylikafox
(2,758 posts)6. Perfect! Thanks!
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)3. I would love to see him rat out the entire Trump administration to save his own neck
doc03
(35,346 posts)5. Gee even asshole Paul Ryan fantasized about cutting Medicare at a kegger nt
rurallib
(62,423 posts)7. and Pence would have turned his ass in if he had the chance!
LeftInTX
(25,372 posts)8. Ryan is from the land of keggers
Although he went to college out of state.