http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...0488/1016/NEWS
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University of Nevada, Reno officials have placed Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on a two-year suspension for hazing pledges by branding their buttocks with dry ice and making them eat raw poultry.
. . . The hazing came to light in December after as many as 11 pledges became ill after eating uncooked chicken or turkey and sought treatment at the Student Health Center . . . .
The center director determined they had campylobacter, a food-borne illness, required to be reported to the county health department . . . .
. . . the pledges were "branded" by fraternity members using dry ice to etch the Greek letter omega, resembling upside down U, on their buttocks.
The hazing also included forcing pledges to do calisthenics and causing sleep deprivation . . . .
Matt Shuckerow, president of the . . . chapter of the fraternity at UNR, has appealed the decision to shut down the fraternity until 2010.
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