BREAKING NEWS: Kappa Alpha Psi kicked off campus for hazing
UA's first black fraternity gone until 2005
From staff reports
June 23, 2003
Kappa Alpha Psi, the University's first nationally recognized black fraternity, has been suspended for two years after pleading guilty to hazing violations, UA officials announced Monday.
The University suspended the group retroactively from April 2 until spring 2005, and the fraternity will be on probation until spring 2007. The fraternity's national organization also suspended the UA chapter.
The fraternity pleaded guilty before a hearing that was scheduled for Monday morning. The hearing was to be held before a panel consisting of two UA staff members and a member of the Student Judicial Board.
The fraternity's president, Carl Davis, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Kappa Alpha Psi will not be allowed to participate in greek activities or recruit new members during its suspension. The group will also lose its house.
The Office of Student Judicial Affairs completed its investigation of the fraternity earlier this month but has not released the specifics of its findings.
Kappa Alpha Psi, chartered in 1975, had 34 active members in spring 2003, according to records from the Office of the Dean of Students.
The fraternity had a troubled year in 2002-03. Shots were fired outside its house in August after two men tried to force their way into a party. The group also had the lowest grade point average out of 25 campus fraternities in fall 2002 with a 1.874.
Kappa Alpha Psi's GPA was the second-lowest among 26 fraternities this spring with a 2.103.
Assistant Dean of Students Todd Borst said earlier this month that the University would not sanction the group for its GPA but that it could be penalized by its national chapter.
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