Frat Boys....

Oregon frat trashes Lake Shasta, leaves behind 90 tents

The damage was so bad that the university issued a statement

By Katie Dowd

Park rangers on their usual Sunday patrol at Lake Shasta encountered a scene of carnage on Slaughterhouse Island — 90 tents, coolers still full of food and alcohol, sleeping bags and yards and yards of garbage.

The perps were nowhere to be seen.

Rangers say it's not uncommon for up to 1,000 college students to be on Lake Shasta, but the sheer level of trash from this group was enough for images from the scene to go viral.

Among the garbage were University of Oregon shopping bags and flip flops and a cooler decorated with the letters of the local chapter of national fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. It also read "Do you wanna do some blow man?"

Despite the Shasta trip not being a school event, the university has launched an investigation. In an official statement, Oregon vice president for student life Robin Holmes said Lambda Chi Alpha was suspending the chapter's activities "until the situation is addressed."

"The manner in which the forest was left was absolutely unacceptable and disgraceful," Holmes said.

Rangers say they've already gathered 10 cubic yards(!) of garbage from the scene with more cleanup left to do. (A full-size pick-up truck bed usually holds just 3 cubic yards).  They're unsure whether the area will be completely clean in time for Memorial Day weekend.

"Their attitude is we'll pick it up later," Shasta Boating Safety Unit Sgt. Rob Sandbloom told the Daily Emerald. "If you're at your mom's house are you just going to throw a can down and pee on her couch and say you'll clean it up later? No, you wouldn't. And they say they wouldn't, so don't do it here."

In case you need reminding, littering is a crime.