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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University has dismissed a fraternity for five years after a student was injured in a shooting at an initiation event. The incident, reported Wednesday by student news outlet The Round Up, took place at a Kappa Sigma fraternity event held in November. According...
Continue ReadingA fraternity at Penn State University has been suspended after four of its members were accused of sexual assault, school officials said. The alleged attack was reported to university police after the victim told another person about the Jan. 15 assault by several fraternity brothers at Alpha Epsilon Pi, university...
Continue ReadingGRAND LEDGE – Police are at former U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics coach John Geddert's house for an investigation, two agencies confirmed. Grand Ledge Police Chief Thomas Osterholzer and Eaton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jerri Nesbitt both confirmed Tuesday that the Michigan Attorney General's Office had called for assistance. A Michigan...
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Thursday said a former Florida State University fraternity president and two other men can face felony hazing charges in the 2017 death of a pledge who drank heavily at an off-campus party. A divided panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal overturned a Leon...
Continue ReadingA fraternity at Indiana University has been suspended following a brawl that allegedly involved anti-Semitic and racial slurs, university officials said. Police at the 48,000-student university and the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the physical assault that took place late Friday, school officials said in a statement released Sunday....
Continue ReadingThe lawsuit claims the student was tackled and beaten unconscious in an incident caught on camera. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Texas State University student Nikolas Panagiotopoulos alleges members of the Texas State Pi Kappa Phi Eta Rho fraternity assaulted the student in October, leaving him with a fractured...
Continue ReadingGWYNETH ROBERTS | Journal Star Within a week of reports that two former Nebraska football players faced suspension from the university for allegedly violating the school's sexual misconduct policies, Lincoln Police have heard from more people who say they were victims of sexual assault involving one or both players. In...
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — The Florida State University Police Department arrested four students in connection to the hazing of 45 Delta Tau Delta pledges, according to court documents. Zachary Bernstein, Omeed Farajzadeh, Brett Pittman and Kiahlin Redish were all arrested for creating "a substantial risk of physical injury or death"...
Continue ReadingBloomsburg, Pa., police are investigating the September death of a college student from the Philadelphia area who died hours after he left his dormitory to attend a fraternity party. Justin P. King, 18, of Gilbertsville, Montgomery County, had been at Bloomsburg University for only three weeks when his body was...
Continue ReadingTEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)-- An Arizona State University fraternity chapter has closed after a hazing investigation. The national chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon released a statement on Nov. 27, announcing the closure of its ASU chapter. Virginia-based Sigma Phi Epsilon said the decision comes after it conducted a joint investigation...
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