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Tag: Beta Theta Pi: Page 2
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Penn State Making Changes to Greek System After Pledge Death
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State is making changes to its Greek system, including taking control of the previously self-governing fraternities and sororities, following the February death of a pledge. The university’s board of trustees approved a set of changes during a meeting Friday. Earlier this week, the parents of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza released a […]
June 4, 2017
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Family: Pledge Who Died at Penn State Treated Like ‘Roadkill’
NEW YORK — A fraternity pledge who was ordered to guzzle alcohol during a hazing ritual and twice fell down a flight of stairs before his death was treated like “roadkill,” his father said Monday, days after criminal charges were filed against 18 of his son’s Penn State fraternity brothers. Jim Piazza, the father of […]
May 15, 2017
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Frat Member Told 911: ‘We Have a Friend Who’s Unconscious’
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Penn State University fraternity member calmly told a dispatcher “we have a friend who’s unconscious” as he summoned help in February for a pledge who would soon be declared dead of a traumatic brain injury, according to a 911 tape released Monday. The call from Beta Theta Pi member Ryan McCann […]
May 9, 2017
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Fraternity, 18 Members Charged in Penn State Student’s Death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Eighteen Penn State fraternity brothers have been charged with crimes ranging up to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a pledge who authorities say repeatedly fell down a flight of stairs after he and others were made to run a gantlet of drinking stations guzzling vodka, beer and wine. Beta Theta Pi […]
May 7, 2017
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Prosecutor: Charges Likely in Deadly Fall at Penn State Frat
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The investigation into the February death of a Penn State University fraternity pledge who fell down stairs is likely to result in charges against several people for “conduct surrounding the death of another person,” a prosecutor says in a new court filing. Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said Friday the […]
April 30, 2017
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Penn State Bans Frat Where Student was Fatally Injured
Penn State University on Thursday permanently banned a fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured last month and announced additional steps to curb underage drinking throughout the university system. The university revoked its recognition of the school’s chapter of Beta Theta Pi after it said an investigation found “a persistent pattern” of excessive and forced […]
March 30, 2017
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Officials Close Penn State Frat Where Pledge had Fatal Fall
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured in a fall down the stairs earlier this month was shut down Friday, and the school said it was working to tighten anti-hazing measures. The university said it will be at least five years before the Beta Theta Pi chapter might […]
February 19, 2017
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Penn State Puts Stop to Fraternity Parties Serving Alcohol
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State has indefinitely halted fraternity and sorority parties where alcohol is available because of a student’s recent death and what the school calls growing allegations of hazing, sexual assault and other misconduct. The university announced Wednesday that Damon Sims, its vice president for student affairs, and the Penn State Interfraternity […]
February 9, 2017
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