WASHINGTON — Every fall, hundreds of young men and women flock to rush events in the hopes of making connections and ultimately gaining access to one of the George Washington University’s closed communities of debauchery. These events are normally light-hearted affairs such as barbecues or other meet-and-greets, however, the brothers of ΣΠ ruffled a few feathers last night when they chose a different course.

Attendees of the fraternity’s first rush event of the 2016-2017 year reported that the men of ΣΠ dispensed with their tradition cook-out and pie eating contest, deciding instead to treat the crowd of hopeful pledges-to-be to the public hanging of a defector, alleged to have sold the frat’s stash of exam keys to their rival, ΖΒΤ.

Witnesses claim that two of the brothers marched the victim, whose name has yet to be released, up the steps of a quickly assembled gallows to hear his sentence read aloud and face the shocked and silent masses assembled. Seeming to direct his final words at the young possible pledges before him, the sentenced implored his audience to remember their own mortality, before turning to cast the Evil Eye upon Brad Buffman, president of ΣΠ. Buffman is reported to have turned away quickly and crossed himself three times before signaling that the execution should commence.

The hanging itself was met with mixed reactions from the crowd.

“After they dropped the trapdoor I think most of us just started puking, it was really gross,” sophomore attendee, Jeremy Melonik told reporters from the GW Ax, “I think some guys took advantage of it too get on the frat’s good side. A guy next to me cheered and I heard he’s a brother now, like I care!”

One of GW’s oldest fraternities, ΣΠ, is no stranger to controversy, having been accused of forcing pledges to undergo a greatly excessive hazing process in addition to other nefarious activities. The administration, however, has yet to take officially comment on the incident, though an email sent to students read, “the University will be reviewing the situation to decide if disciplinary action is necessary at this time. Raise high!”

Members of the fraternity have declined to speak to press. As such, the present whereabouts of the body remain unknown, though a source close to Ax has claimed to have heard a rumor that it was buried at a crosswalk somewhere along Connecticut Avenue.