Here’s one we missed from a few weeks ago:Frat Recruiter Lives It Up, Old School Style « The Scarlet Project
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Sigma Phi Epsilon recruitment chairman, Alex Allemang, was arrested shortly after 3:00am on Thursday, July 17th–running naked through a north Lincoln neighborhod! Allemang, who was apparently celebrating his 21st [...]
Three articles. How are they related and how does it affect SigEp? Comments encouraged.
First story: Dead DrunkDrinking games prove deadly to college kids - Addictions- msnbc.com
On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches. When a friend reached out to wake [...]
Family Reaches settlement in pledge’s deathAssociated Press
Proceeds from a $4.2 million settlement of a lawsuit against a fraternity will be used to educate fraternity and sorority members about the dangers of binge drinking.
The family of a University of Texas student — Jack Phoummarath (FOO’-mah-rahth) — who died of alcohol poisoning after a fraternity binge-drinking party [...]
Pi Kappa Phi at Florida was accused of physical hazing rituals involving hours of physical activity and consumption of large quantities of alcohol. They did not dispute the charges, and lost their on-campus house, cannot recruit new members, and cannot participate in philanthropies.
UF senior Lyle Long was president of the fraternity when the incidents took [...]
Pledge May Face Rap for Own Hazing By Dan Mangan
A Duke University student from Connecticut who was nearly hazed to death at a fraternity has been threatened with arrest - for abetting his own abuse, his lawyer said.
“It’s ridiculous,” fumed Stephan Seeger, the lawyer for 19-year-old Daniel Klufas, of Easton, Conn.
Klufas, a freshman at the [...]
Two SDSU Frats Are Outsed for ViolationsAlcohol, hazing incidents are citedBy Sherry Saavedra
COLLEGE AREA – Greek life may be somewhat diminished at San Diego State University this fall.
Two fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Sigma Phi, were expelled yesterday for alcohol and hazing violations, respectively, just as two other fraternities are on interim suspension resulting [...]
In the UK they don’t exactly know what fraternities are good for. And they seem to be missing a bit in translation - as Churchill said: “The USA and the UK are two countries separated by a common language.”
The ability of young Americans to drink alcohol in a social setting and remain civilised is usually [...]
Frat’s reputation is hardly brotherlyAllegations include drugging, sex assaultsBy Brendan McCarthy
The Tulane University fraternity at the center of a hazing controversy has weathered several disciplinary complaints over the past several years, including allegations of sexual assaults and drugging of female students.
In March 2006, Tulane’s student government group asked university officials to investigate the Pi Kappa [...]
You just have to hate it when one of our chapters is shown in an unflattering light. Whether this fits the definition of “hazing” is a question that begs a distinction without a difference. Every action is grist for the mill of public opinion. It does not matter what is “really” happening - people will [...]
Pikes hit for Hazing in N’awlins
Five Tulane students with the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity have been arrested and arrest warrants have been issued for five more in connection with an alleged hazing incident that left two pledges with severe burns.
According to NOPD spokesman Gary Flot, the fraternity members have been charged with second-degree battery [...]
