Hazy Shade of Soccer

By Erin in News on May 16, 2006 9:20PM

Chicagoist is woefully unacquainted with ritualistic initiation practices, unless you count the time in sixth grade when, in order to get invited to her pool party, Jody Turner demanded we all learn the words to La Bamba.

Which we totally did and anyway, it was a good song and it was a hot summer. You did what you had to do to get by.

Now we're not saying that it's a similar situation for the women's soccer team over at Northwestern University, but we will say that we're awfully glad we were just made to learn how to correctly pronounce a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti.

Seems some photos featuring scantily clad members of the soccer team surfaced yesterday, revealing an alleged hazing incident that took place last year. Thanks to the diligent reporting skills of a member of Chicagoist's Investigative Team, we've seen some of the pictures. They're fairly shocking, that is if you're shocked by cute co-eds in boy shorts and white t-shirts, drinking beer and giggling with each other. This isn't to say that we condone such behavior - especially if the girls were made to do so against their will - but it all looks very Dazed and Confused to us, right down to the white knee-high socks. Though we will admit that we're pretty certain Parker Posey and Joey Lauren Adams never made their freshmen piggies make out with each other in sports bras, but wouldn't it have been an even better movie if they had?

What Chicagoist is really amazed by is that the sports editor at The Daily Northwestern told the Sun-Times that he's "shocked" by the hazing incident. Dude. Are you really? A show of hands, please. Anyone else out there shocked by this?

According to the Sun-Times, the team's 2006 season was scheduled to begin in August and they finished with a 9-9-1 record last season.

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