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Second fraternity charged with hazing in last five months
Posted by Laura Clark on November 22, 2009
The Kentucky Kernel

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In June, the former Kentucky Alpha Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was charged with hazing. Now, just five months later, another fraternity faces the same charges.

The UK chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity has been charged with hazing, violating the university’s Code of Student Conduct, said Associate Dean of Students Tony Blanton.

The fraternity’s international headquarters contacted the Office of Student Affairs on Tuesday afternoon, saying they had received information about potential hazing “right then and there,” Blanton said. Representatives were sent to Lexington and arrived at the chapter’s house around 9 p.m., where they temporarily suspended the chapter’s activities and “procured all their ritual equipment,” Blanton said.

Blanton said a police officer went to the house with the headquarters representatives, but it was standard operating procedure.