Maybe, it's a "Sign of the Times?"
Seattle, Washington UW fraternity to disband over hazing incident
_http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2025074153_uwfraternityxml.html
Fri. Nov. 21, 2014 - All members of the University of Washington’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity must move out of the house on Greek Row as part of a decision by its international organizationto disband the fraternity because of a hazing incident earlier this year.
Horras declined to say anything about the nature of the hazing, saying he would release further details after the UW made its decision.
Also this week, a fraternity at Washington State University, Phi Kappa Tau, lost its recognition on the WSU campus until August 2017 after allegations of hazing and conduct violation. That investigation was done by the WSU’s Office of Student Standards and Accountability. The fraternity has said it will appeal the decision through the Whitman County Court.
West Virginia University Fraternities Have A Hazing Problem
_http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/21/west-virginia-university-hazing_n_6200162.html
Friday Nov. 21, 2014 - On Wednesday, the West Virginia University chapter of Beta Theta Pi was notified that they had "lost all rights and privileges and is no longer a recognized campus group," local news station WOWK reported. The national Beta office revoked their charter, citing "past behavior issues."
This is the latest in a string of problems in the WVU Greek community. On Nov.13 , the university halted all Greek activities, following a medical emergency at Kappa Sigma.
Freshman pledge Nolan Michael Burch, 18, was found without a pulse in the Kappa Sigma house on Nov. 12. He died two days later. The national Kappa Sigma organization said in a statement that the WVU chapter's operations had been suspended since mid-October. On Nov. 10, the frat's charter was withdrawn and operations closed.
Also last week, the Inter-fraternity Council and WVU suspended Sigma Chi. This followed an incident early on Nov. 6. After drinking at a nightclub reserved by Sigma Chi, nineteen underage pledges were dropped off in another neighborhood and told to work as a group to get back to the fraternity house. Before they could, the police picked them up. Three young men were arrested for public intoxication and underage consumption and 16 were cited for underage consumption, Charleston Daily Mail reported.
Greenville, S.C. Clemson frats face hazing charges
_http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2014/10/30/clemson-frats-face-hazing-charges/18210109/
Thursday Oct. 30, 2014 -Clemson University has disciplined fraternities and sororities on campus 34 times between 2010 and the start of this fall semester, citing violations that range from hazing to underage drinking, according to data released by the university Thursday, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by The Greenville News.
The News requested information on Clemson’s Greek organizations following Clemson student Tucker Hipps’ death in September after fraternity brothers told investigators he fell behind during an early morning fraternity group run. Hipps was a pledge with Sigma Phi Epsilon.
An autopsy showed Hipps, 19, died of a head injury consistent with falling from a bridge. His body was found in four-to-five feet of water in Lake Hartwell near two parallel State 93 bridges that cross the Seneca River near the YMCA beach, said Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis.
Hipps’ injuries were consistent with falling 20 to 23 feet from one of the bridges and striking his head on rip rap rocks in the shallow water near the shore, Addis said.
Arizona Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity faces hazing allegations
_http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2014/10/sigma-alpha-epsilon-fraternity-faces-hazing-allegations
Tues. Oct 14, 2014 - Sigma Alpha Epsilon has been placed under interim suspension of recognition after members allegedly assaulted individuals from Alpha Epsilon Pi. The UA has begun its own investigation regarding the allegations.
SAE has been listed for policy violations on judicial reports 12 separate times since fall 2006, not including the current allegations, according to the Fraternity and Sorority programs judicial page.
Athens, Georgia UGA fraternity investigated for hazing, physical violence
_http://www.cbs46.com/story/26702064/uga-fraternity-investigated-for-hazing-physical-violence
Fri. Oct. 3, 2014 - Delta Sigma Phi is on interim suspension following a complaint on Sept. 26 that pledges were hazed in the basement
Chief Jimmy Williamson said a concerned mother reported the tip after she noticed injuries to her son. Williamson said he didn't know how many pledges were involved in the alleged hazing incident, but the information supplied alleges that pledges were blindfolded, taken into the basement and had to get into giant buckets of ice water.
According to Williamson, once in the ice, they had to recite a Delta Sig mantra. The faster they could recite it, the faster they could get out of the ice bucket.
they could get out of the ice bucket.
"No one was beat up, that is crap. The kid fell down the stairs. There was no physical abuse and that is as simple as that," a man who identified himself as a student and friend to members of the fraternity said. He would not give his name, but said he knew what happened and there was no hazing involved.
"They didn't do anything, the kid tripped," he said.
3 Coastal Carolina University fraternities suspended after hazing complaints
_http://www.wbtw.com/story/26631841/three-coastal-carolina-university-fraternities-suspended-after-hazing-complaints
Sept. 25, 2014 - CONWAY, SC - Coastal Carolina University on Thursday suspended the activities of three fraternities after complaints of hazing.
Coastal Carolina University Director of News and Public Affairs, Martha Hunn, confirmed the school suspended Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity after it received reports of "questionable new member education activities."
Among these allegations are underage drinking and the use of illegal substances. Other allegations involve satire beyond all bounds of decency. Most damning are accusations of sexual assault. I want to make it crystal clear on behalf of the leadership of Tau Kappa Epsilon, that illegal behaviors will not be tolerated. In each of the instances, groups have been suspended pending ongoing investigations.
California Fraternity at Los Angeles university disbands after hazing-related death
_http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/06/us-usa-fraternity-death-idUSKBN0H103E20140906
Fri. Sept. 5, 2014 - (Reuters) - A fraternity at a Los Angeles university has agreed to disband due to the hazing-related death of a 19-year-old pledge who collapsed in the heat on a hike after his group ran out of water, the school's president said on Friday.
The college, California State University, Northridge, was rocked by the July death of Armando Villa, who was "pledging" or joining a chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and was made to hike in the Angeles National Forest.
This next link discusses several Colleges and the various hazing incidents involved, many life threatening.
Hazing at Md. colleges includes humiliation, coercion, hospital trips
_http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bs-md-university-hazing-20141122-story.html#page=1
