Tag: Greek Life

Inside Higher Ed reports on college women experiencing hazing. Recent hazing allegations of waterboarding at Norwich University involved a 22-year-old women’s rugby team member found intoxicated, “branded with pliers and a lighter,” and covered in urine. “Our research at the Piazza Center suggests that women are more likely to engage…

This fall, massive student protests at colleges across the country were calling on administrations to permanently remove certain fraternities from their campusues, often in response to allegations of sexual assault. The Chronicle tracked more than two dozen institutional sanctions against fraternities and sororities this semester, finding that none have been…

The New York Times reports that 11 students from Virginia Commonwealth University were arrested this week after an investigation into the death of 19-year-old Adam Oakes, who died from alcohol poisoning in February. At the Delta Chi fraternity house, Oakes was given a bottle of whiskey and told to drink…

Fifteen men were charged in connection to the death of Samuel Martinez, 19, who died of alcohol poisoning from a fraternity pledging event at Washington State University in 2019. Fraternity members of Alpha Tau Omega were each charged with supplying liquor to minors after a yearlong police investigation. The family…