Pledges found covered in food in heated basement of fraternity house near University of Wisconsin-Madison

Police are investigating suspected illegal hazing after about 30 partially clothed young men covered in food, condiments and other liquids were found recently in the basement of a fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Madison police said some of the men, whom they described as pledges of a fraternity, had signs of being physically assaulted.

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© Photograph: Images-USA/Alamy

© Photograph: Images-USA/Alamy

Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students face charges of suspicion of hazing in the episode, which happened on Wednesday in a sweltering basement, officials said.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times