2009/2010 Risk Management Charter Revocations and Suspensions

[exlurker]

Hey Kevin:

For the list of closures due to risk management problems (hazing, etc., etc.) in 2009:

Delta Sigma Phi closed its chapter at Wittenberg in March 2009:

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/ne...048.html?imw=Y

Excerpt:

Hazing incidents at Wittenberg University have resulted in the closing of a fraternity and sanctions levied against a sorority.

National representatives of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity closed the chapter on March 23 after it determined “serious hazing incidents that put our students at risk both mentally and physically,” said Sarah Kelly, Wittenberg’s vice president of student development and dean of students. The chapter has 23 members, eight of whom will graduate next month. It will remain closed until the fall of 2012, giving the chapter a chance to “recolonize” and gather a strong alumni, Kelly said.

The week prior, national representatives of the Chi Omega sorority joined the university in levying sanctions against its local chapter due to hazing.
The [Chi Omega] chapter was re-organized and will remain active, said Casey Stevens, Wittenberg’s director of Greek life. . . .

[Zeta13Girl]

Tri Delta at Penn state
Delta Delta Delta loses its charter

[33girl]

^^^Old news

[ForeverRoses]

I'm not sure of the details, but on the radio this morning they mentioned something about the ATO house at IU. If I heard correctly, all but 20 of the members either had their membership revoked or they were put on alumni status.

A good friend of ours is an ATO from IU, but he has been alum for many years, so I doubt he would know more. Sad.

[OneHeartOneWay]

Per an email to Panhellenic Advisors from the VT Sorority Advisor:

"I regret to inform you that the Kappa Theta Chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority has been found responsible for violations of university policies. As a result of these violations and previous sanctions, Delta Zeta has lost recognition at Virginia Tech. Due to this loss of recognition the Delta Zeta National Board has removed the charter of the chapter at Virginia Tech."

[oldu]

That's a bad loss for Delta Zeta. They were the first chapter installed at Virginia Tech.

[exlurker]

Kevin:
A "suspension," I guess you'd call it -- Pi Kappa Phi at U of Georgia -- following investigations spurred by an anonymous letter:

See
http://www.ajc.com/news/uga-s-pi-kappa-396458.html

Excerpts from Atlanta Journal Constitution report:

Metro Atlanta / State News 1:46 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2010 UGA's Pi Kappa Phi suspended .By Kristi E. Swartz


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

All activities at the University of Georgia’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity are suspended through Jan. 1, 2011, as part of several hazing-related sanctions handed down from the Office of Judicial Programs.

.Also, fraternity members -- with the exception of the fall 2009 pledge class -- will not be able to participate in Pi Kappa Phi, and no new pledges may join, according to an informal resolution agreement obtained earlier this week by the Red and Black, the campus daily newspaper.

According to the document, Pi Kappa last Friday accepted the sanctions, which allow the fraternity to operate again after Jan. 1 next year, but it must follow certain restrictions until May 15.

University officials did not immediately return phone calls.

UGA last month suspended the fraternity because of allegations of pledge paddling -- the extent of which was in question after an investigation by Pi Kappa Phi's national office.

The university's informal agreement -- the result of a separate investigation -- states that the fraternity "violated published policies when the organization condoned the hazing of new members. It is alleged that members of the organization physically abused new members and those actions disrupted the academic pursuit, rights, and/or privacy of other individuals."

. . . The list of nine sanctions, signed by Pi Kappa Phi chapter president Brent Stringer and UGA Assistant Dean of Students Brandon Frye -- bans the fraternity from holding any social events where alcohol is available. It also said the chapter must recruit, hire and train an adviser who will live in the fraternity house.