MU to host 1,500 for fraternity workshop
A University of Missouri-Columbia fraternity suspended five years ago for hazing is getting a leg up in its efforts to re-establish a chapter in Columbia.
Sigma Chi International Fraternity plans to hold its annual Balfour Leadership Training Workshop at MU, which is expected to send more than 1,500 fraternity leaders and alumni to town Aug. 2-4. After more than 100 years on the local Greek landscape, the MU chapter of Sigma Chi lost its charter in 2002 for four years for hazing incidents such as making pledges pour ammonia on their heads and having them drink from a spit cup.
The fraternity - now a colony on campus rather than a chapter - is nearing the end of the reorganization process, said Chris Pullen, Sigma Chi vice president.
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