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Associated Press
December 20, 2001

CU students may be suspended in hazing

BOULDER, Colo. --Eight University of Colorado students could be
placed on probation or suspended because of their involvement in an
October sorority event that school officials said was a hazing.

Five students have been charged with violating the university's
prohibition on hazing, officials said Wednesday. Three others face
sanctions for providing alcohol to minors.

Under CU's disciplinary action, the students cited for violating the
university's code of conduct have been asked to report to the Office
of Judicial Affairs to schedule a hearing.

Should those students be found in violation, they could face
penalties ranging from probation to suspension, said Andrea Goldblum,
CU's judicial affairs director.

During the Oct. 30 sorority party, two sorority members were admitted
to Boulder Community Hospital suffering from alcohol poisoning.

One of the students, a 17-year-old who since has withdrawn from CU,
suffered broken teeth and an injured nose. Police could not determine
whether she was punched or fell.

Boulder police detectives cited Kappa Alpha Theta members Cameron
King Reed and her roommate Katherine Elizabeth Koban for supplying
minors with alcohol but didn't pursue hazing charges.

"The reason we didn't do that was that the people involved were
members already," Detective Sgt. Paul Reichenbach said. "It just
didn't fit the statutory requirement for the law."

CU officials, citing federal privacy codes, declined to identify the
students facing charges or to say whether they are members of the
sorority or the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, which also is under
investigation.

Reed said neither she nor Koban have been charged by CU's Office of
Judicial Affairs. Both have denied involvement.

(c) 2001 The Associated Press.