Trouble at Tenn

[exlurker]

Update February 5, 2008: Pi Kappa Alpha suspended, membership review scheduled, etc.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=54205

Brief excerpts from article:

The University of Tennessee has rescinded registration of Pi Kappa Alpha, known as Pike, as a university organization, and the national organization has put the UT-K chapter on administrative suspension, following an investigation into allegations of hazing.

Student Judicial Affairs has also presented the chapter with charges of hazing and violation of a state or federal law. The chapter entered a guilty plea on the charges.

The moves stem from allegations that arose last month after three students fell ill, reportedly from staph infections. Fraternity members allegedly forced pledges to perform push-ups on bottle caps or broken glass.

. . . Justin Buck, the national executive director for Pike, said fraternity officials will conduct one-on-one interviews with each of the 100-plus Knoxville members to determine which students should be allowed to stay in the fraternity.

He said they plan to be on campus Feb. 17 through Feb. 20.


. . . They'll also turn over their findings to the university.

UT spokeswoman Karen Collins said that is when the university will decide how to move forward with its investigation and disciplinary process. . . .