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Three fraternity members face hazing charges
By KAREN McINTYRE - Staff Intern
Article Launched: 07/10/2007 12:11:24 AM PDT
Three members of the now-banned Beta Theta Pi fraternity are being charged with misdemeanor violations of Matt's Law for hazing activities that occurred in April.
http://www.chicoer.com/ci_6338203?source=most_emailed
Chico fraternity members may be first charged with hazing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2:10 p.m. July 11, 2007
OROVILLE – Three Chico fraternity members are being prosecuted under a new anti-hazing law signed last year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The members of Beta Theta Pi made pledges to do calisthenics and crawl through mud before being submerged to their necks in freezing water, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/s...icohazing.html
Three face trial in Chico frat hazing
By Bill Lindelof - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The Butte County district attorney is prosecuting three Chico fraternity members on charges of illegal hazing -- invoking a law passed in the name of a student who died in a similar stunt two years ago.
Beta Theta Pi members allegedly made pledges do calisthenics and crawl through mud, then submerged them up to their necks in freezing water, subjecting them to hypothermia, District Attorney Mike Ramsey said Tuesday.
"The ice bath ritual caught our attention," he said. "If (pledges) didn't answer questions correctly -- and they were designed that you couldn't -- (they) were immersed in a bath of ice water for a substantial period of time."
The three students each will be charged with misdemeanor hazing "in a manner likely to cause serious bodily injury."
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/266669.html