There seems to be a homosexual subtext between Perrin and Jocko manifested in a sort of hero worship as he crafts a so-called novel with Jocko as the main character.

Underclassmen are spanked and beaten with brooms and fists. We see the result of a man being having been beaten unconscious and force-fed whiskey with a douchebag before he is left outdoors in the quad overnight.