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Charges Filed vs. Penn State Frat Over Unconscious Student
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police have filed alcohol-related charges against a suspended Penn State fraternity after a student suspected of drinking there was found unconscious and hospitalized. The Centre Daily Times reports two misdemeanor counts of selling and furnishing liquor to a minor were filed against Delta Tau Delta on Monday. State College police found […]
November 1, 2017
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21 NY College Students Charged with Hazing Frat Pledges
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Twenty-one students at a New York college have been charged with hazing fraternity pledges by making them drink alcohol, forcing them to eat food off the floor, and vomiting and urinating on them. State University of New York at Plattsburgh authorities say campus police were told in late September that pledges to […]
October 31, 2017
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2 Penn State Frats Lose Recognition After Rules Violations
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Two fraternities have lost their recognition after what Pennsylvania State University describes as “several violations of university rules.” University officials said Saturday that Delta Upsilon has lost its recognition until the end of the spring semester. They say that Pi Lambda Phi won’t be recognized until the end of 2019. The […]
October 30, 2017
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13 Ball State Fraternities to Go Alcohol-free Until 2018
MUNCIE, Ind. — More than a dozen fraternities at Ball State University won’t have events that include alcohol for the rest of the year. Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community. “It was a joint decision between chapter presidents and […]
October 24, 2017
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Penn State Fraternity Faces Underage Drinking Charges
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A fraternity at Penn State University is facing charges of furnishing liquor to minors after two underage women were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. Court records show Alpha Chi Rho is facing charges after allegedly serving the alcohol at a Sept. 28 fraternity house party. Police say the women were allowed to […]
October 17, 2017
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Police to Arrest 10 People in LSU Fraternity Pledge’s Death
BATON ROUGE, La. — Ten people will be arrested on hazing charges in the death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge after a night of drinking, LSU officials said Wednesday. One of the 10 suspects – Matthew Alexander Naquin, 19, of Boerne, Texas – also faces a negligent homicide charge in the death last […]
October 11, 2017
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Penn State Suspends Frat After Student Found Unconscious
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State has suspended a fraternity after a student suspected of drinking there was found unconscious and hospitalized. University spokeswoman Lisa Powers says the Office of Student council is investigating Delta Tau Delta’s possible involvement. The Associated Press could not immediately reach the fraternity for comment Wednesday. The frat is on […]
October 4, 2017
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Drinking Game May Have Preceded LSU Fraternity Pledge’s Death
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana State University fraternity pledge may have been forced to drink to excess during a game or initiation ritual called “Bible Study” on the night before his death last month, according to newly released police reports. “Bible Study” meant that pledges at the Phi Delta Theta house had to drink […]
October 4, 2017
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Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Debunked Rolling Stone Story
NEW YORK — A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was reinstated Tuesday by an appeals court in a manner that one judge says would allow any member of a school fraternity to join the lawsuit. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said […]
September 19, 2017
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Fraternity Ends Louisiana State Chapter After Student Death
BATON ROUGE, La. — A national fraternity says it has closed its chapter at Louisiana State University while it investigates the death of a freshman who was being considered for membership. A statement Monday on Phi Delta Theta’s website says preliminary results from its investigation of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver’s death found that some members were […]
September 18, 2017
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Autopsy Set for College Student; Official Blames Head Injury
EASTON, Pa. — An autopsy was scheduled Wednesday for a freshman lacrosse recruit at a private Pennsylvania college who died after being found unconscious near a dorm over the weekend. Police in Easton have only said that 19-year-old McCrae Williams was involved in a “chain of events” that began Saturday at Lafayette College and ended […]
September 13, 2017
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Judge Tosses Most Serious Charges in Penn State Frat Death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A judge threw out involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges Friday against members of a Penn State fraternity in the alcohol-related hazing death of a pledge, ordering 12 of the young men to stand trial on less serious counts. The ruling, issued without explanation by District Justice Allen Sinclair, was a stinging […]
September 4, 2017
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