http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05114/493560.stm
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This month, a judicial affairs board stripped a Duquesne University sorority of its right to function on campus because of a hazing incident on Feb. 22.
This was the first time in at least a decade that the university has revoked a sorority or fraternity's official status for a conduct violation, said Duquesne spokeswoman Bridget Fare.
Sorority members appealed to a higher body, but the board's decision was upheld.
Sigma Lambda Phi is also the sorority that sophomore Meredith Kenneff belonged to before she died March 12 of alcohol poisoning following an off-campus party.
School officials said the board's ruling was not connected to Kenneff's death.
"The timing is a coincidence. It's truly unrelated," Fare said.
Campus officials and sorority members who were contacted declined to specify the details of the Feb. 22 incident.
Sigma Lambda Phi sisters, known as the Lambs, have been on the Duquesne campus since 1933.
Former members may still display their Greek letters on T-shirts and caps, but they cannot participate as a group in Carnival, Greek Week or homecoming events. They also will not be allowed a dedicated housing wing.
And, in spite of a 2002 Greek award for their "outstanding recruitment" program, they can no longer recruit members.
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