The 21 times someone falls off something in The Atlantic’s fraternities story
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Version 0 of 1. Caitlin Flanagan spent a year investigating college fraternities for The Atlantic, and the resulting story is a long and thorough look at the history of these organizations, the way they deal with liability insurance and a host of other serious issues, including sexual assault, hazing and binge drinking. She also outlines a lot of cases where people fell off or out of buildings. A lot of cases. We don’t want to make light of these falls — people can get, and often are, very seriously hurt. But there were so many falls in this story (which, again, you should read in its entirety right here) that it’s hard not to be struck by the sheer number. And it’s rather horrifying just how many of these cases she documents during a fairly small time period. As Flanagan writes, “the tendency of brothers and their guests to get liquored up and fall off—or out of—the damn houses is a story in itself.” That is true. Here are the 21 times someone falls off something in Flanagan’s story: |