Report: Naked Party At Yale University Prompts Sexual Assault Investigation

[Danee]

From: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/03/04/report-naked-party-at-yale-university-prompts-sexual-assault-investigation/

Naked Parties at some American Universities have long been traditional.  But....harmless fun of a bunch of kids, or... You decide. There is a comment section at the end of the article.

Before reading the article, please read the wiki link on the origins of the Yale tradition.

While the roots of naked parties come from the nudism movements and campus streaking, the modern "naked party" movement appears to have its roots at Brown University in the 1980s.[4] The student group The Pundits are anecdotally credited to reviving this on a wider scale at Yale University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wesleyan University, and Columbia University have been known to have student groups host them as well.

Naked parties have been noted as rather polite events, where sexuality and sexual overtones are often frowned upon. Even with these unwritten rules in place, there have been problems with alleged sexual assault. With this noted, even some more notable names, such as Barbara Bush, George W. Bush's daughter, have been linked to parties at Yale.[5]

This is an older article covering it.

And this, was when former President Bush's daughter attended one.  I like this article and its theme.

But I went to Yale University -- and so did President Bush -- and he is well aware there's a 90% chance that she'll end up at a naked party at some point.

Yale University is second only to Ancient Greece when it comes to nudity and higher education. Yes, there are other things to do there, but it's pretty damn hard to ignore the fact that people are getting naked all around you. And after being exposed to it, it's pretty damn hard to dismiss the desire to participate.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A naked party at Yale may have crossed the
line from salacious fun and into sexual assault and hazing, according
to a report.

The Yale Daily News reports the Yale Police Department is looking into
the party after several attendees were taken to Yale-New Haven
hospital.

Yale Police Chief Ronnell A. Higgins notified the campus police
“received information about a possible sexual assault involving
undergraduates” attending an off-campus party on February 19.

The party in question was reportedly thrown by the Pundits, Yale’s
private society prank group. Some 50 people attended the invitation-
only function, according to the report.

While attendees arrived in costume, they were told to disrobe halfway
through the party, witnesses told the Yale Daily News.

Yale officials are examining whether the party – in which underage
students were also reportedly drinking – amounted to a form of hazing.
Attendees were reportedly told that the party was part of the ritual
to potentially join the Pundits group.

After the attendees disrobed, several of them were forced to kiss each
other by members of the Pundits, according to the allegations cited in
the report. One male attendee reportedly had a penis forcibly pushed
against his face.

The events are still under investigation.

At least one of the attendees seemed to think the party was nothing
more than usual, rowdy, college hijinks, according to the report.

Does this amount to college kids having fun, or is there something
more serious going on here? Sound off in our comments section.

[NickUMA10]

Police reports are often exaggeration...and once again, a fine example of taking one event and throwing it on to all nude enthusiasts. Hazing has nothing to do with nude recreation! *bang head on wall

[mrj001]

I just read a few comments in their comment section.  Funny how the story doesn't mention politics at all, except to say Bush went to Yale, but the comments were mostly right vs. left.  Bush was the best president ever, no he was the worst ever.

Firstly, underage drinking at a college party?  For shame.  I assume by underage they mean people who aren't 21 yet?

Secondly, it doesn't seem like it was an actual proper naked party, but an initiation party with hazing, possibly homosexual.

Thirdly, hazing has been a part of initiation in all sorts of organizations.  If there was hazing at this thing, I don't see why it was such a big deal, the story said that people were taken to the hospital but didn't say why.  Now if the hazing was bad enough to put people into hospital, that's not good, but all the story said was there was some kissing and one dude pressed his penis against another dudes face (gross)