Penn State Fan Threw Beer at Ohio State Fan at Pike Party

Man Pleads Guilty in Beer Pelting at Penn State Frat Party

By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor, The Frat Boy News

A University of Pittsburgh student pleaded guilty last week to throwing beer on an Ohio State fan while at a Pi Kappa Alpha party at Penn State University.

Richard Eisenberger Jr., 20, was caught on video in October pelting beer on the Ohio State fan while attending an outdoor party at the Penn State fraternity prior to its football game with the Buckeyes.

Eisenberger was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct for the incident and ordered to pay fines and court costs by a State College judge.

Big East Aims for Another Successful Season

Wednesday's Frat Boy News Daily Sports Page (compiled by The Providence Journal)

A few years after being left for dead by many in the college football world, the Big East experienced a rejuvenating — and surprising — season of success in 2006.

Besides the three teams ranked in the top dozen and the perfect 5-0 bowl record, perhaps the most stunning statistic of all came in the TV ratings. The two most-watched college games on ESPN all of last year didn’t come on a Saturday and didn’t involve powers Florida, Ohio State or Southern California. Instead, the nation tuned in to see West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers.

“We had the highest ratings average of any conference on ESPN last year,” said the Big East’s Nick Carparelli, the associate commissioner in charge of football. “We had the second and third largest audiences for a regular-season game ever on ESPN. It was a great year TV-wise.”

Three years ago, Big East football was written off nationally after Miami and Virginia Tech left the conference for the ACC (Boston College followed in 2005). After a shaky season in 2004, the league has rebounded very well. In ’05, West Virginia rolled to an 11-1 season and had a big win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, a victory that Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese calls the most important in the history of the football league.

Last year, West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers all got off to fast starts and a place in the top 10 in the national polls. Then, on successive Thursday nights, Louisville beat WVU, and Rutgers shocked the Cardinals. Both games drew ratings above 5.0 and nearly five million viewers on ESPN. Louisville eventually won a tight race for the conference title with a 6-1 record.

“Thursday night has become our version of Monday Night Football,” said Chuck Gerber, the executive vice president for college sports at ABC and ESPN, “and the Big East certainly bought into that. It offers national exclusivity with full national distribution. The exclusive window is priceless.

Pitt Girls Start Multicultural Sorority

Pittsburgh Students Start New Sorority

Two University of Pittsburgh girls hope to start the first multicultural sorority on the campus as soon as next fall.

"We felt that there was no availability of choice. There are racially divided sororities and one multicultural sorority on campus. We think people need more options and we want to bring it to them," said Sarah Miller, who along with friend Suzie Agjogah, hope to make their dream of the perfectly diverse sorority a reality.

The first step in the process was to bring the organizaition "Women for a Multicultural Tomorrow" to the university. So far the sorority has only 10 members and doesn't have a house or actual Greek letters tied to its group. With enough effort, they hope to change that.

"All girls are welcome. They just have to be excited and ready to work to share our message of unity with others. I want us to even become best friends and partners in our vision. We are even looking to work on the entry fees. We don't want money to hinder anyone from taking part in our future sorority," Miller said.

Pitt Sorority Set to Host Beer... I Mean "Green Juice" Pong

Kappa Delta Sorority Hosts Pong Tournament

The University of Pittsburgh’s Kappa Delta Sorority is hosting its Annual Shamrock Philanthropy Event Thursday. The girls hope to draw a better crowd than ever before by having a "Green Juice Pong" tournament in spirit of St. Patrick's Day.

The tournament will feature teams of two battling it out for supremacy as members from Pitt fraternities, sororities, and other student organizations have been invited.

The winners of the tournament will ride in the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade as the “ShamPong Champions.” If you suck at beer pong, there's still hope - prizes will also be awarded to the teams with the best name and t-shirts. All proceed will benefit Prevent Child Abuse of America.