Posted on November 18th, 2009 by heygrrrl
ABC 36 News
Montgomery County, Kentucky — In Montgomery County, a group of McNabb Middle School basketball players are back on the court after being suspended for three games for hazing younger players. Some parents think the punishment was not severe enough.
“No one should have to go through anything like this especially a 12 year old [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by heygrrrl
BY RANDY LUDLOW
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
An Ohio University fraternity and its members could be suspended or expelled following allegations that pledges were forced to drink large amounts of alcohol and were beaten.
Two students’ injuries required treatment at the Athens hospital while several others received minor injuries Thursday night at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, according [...]
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Posted on November 17th, 2009 by heygrrrl
KCCI 8 News
DES MOINES, Iowa — Members of the Drake University Phi Delta Theta chapter are learning they’re no longer a fraternity.
Two incidents in two weeks have two Drake fraternities in big trouble.
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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By BRUCE TOMASO
The Dallas Morning News
The parents of a Prairie View A&M University student who died last month have filed a lawsuit alleging that the death was the result of brutal fraternity hazing.
The lawsuit stems from the Oct. 20 death of Donnie Wade Jr. of Oak Cliff, a 20-year-old transfer student who collapsed during an [...]
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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By CINDY HORSWELL
Houston Chronicle
A 20-year-old Phi Beta Sigma pledge at Prairie View A&M University underwent systematic hazing — including a strict bread-and-water diet, paddling and mandatory rigorous exercises — that intensified until it culminated in his death, a lawsuit filed by his parents states.
Donnie Wade II, a biology major studying to become a doctor, died [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By DAN MCCUE
Courthouse News
DALLAS – A fraternity killed a freshman pledge by forcing him onto a bread and water diet while inflicting extreme exercise regimes on him in a hazing ritual, his parents claim in Dallas County Court. The Rev. Donnie and Katrina Wade seek punitive damages from Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Prairie A&M [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Caitlin Sellers
Penn State Collegian
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) suspended the new member education programs of Alpha Epsilon Pi and Pi Kappa Phi fraternities Monday in response to hazing allegations.
The fraternity members are not permitted to have any contact with their new members while the investigation is ongoing, IFC President Luke Pierce said.
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 22-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student involved in a fraternity hazing case has been sentenced to probation.
Ian Dimka had been found guilty of procuring and selling alcohol to a minor. On Friday Dimka was given 18 months of probation and ordered to perform about 250 hours of community service at [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Beth Brelje
and Mike Kuhns
Pocono Record
East Stroudsburg University campus police officers reportedly participated in a possible act of hazing that cost the field hockey team a chance to participate in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships.
On the evening of Oct. 4, members of the campus police chased members of the team throughout the campus and [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
BY MARK BELL
Daily News Journal
Murfreesboro, TENN. — An MTSU spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the Eta Zeta chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at MTSU is currently under investigation by the Dean of Student Life Office and Office of Student Affairs for reported hazings.
Tom Tozer, spokesperson for MTSU, said allegations have been made that certain members [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By BEN DOBBIN
Associated Press
GENESEO, N.Y. — Two former members of a banned college fraternity at a western New York campus admitted Tuesday they plied a student with so much beer, champagne and vodka during a three-day hazing that the young man died of alcohol poisoning.
Arman Partamian, 19, a biology sophomore from New York City, was [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
ABC 7 News
AURORA, Colo. — Parents who want to see surveillance video showing roughhousing and a possible sexual hazing on the Hinkley High School bus last month will be allowed to see it after all, the Aurora Public School District said Thursday.
The announcement reverses the school district’s earlier decision to withhold the evidence from parents [...]
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Posted on October 13th, 2009 by heygrrrl
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) — The family of a New York college student found dead of alcohol poisoning has filed a lawsuit against eight people connected to the case, officials said.
Arman Partamian, 19, a student at State University College at Geneseo, died March 1 at an outlawed off-campus fraternity known as the Pigs.
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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By OMAR VILLAFRANCA
NBC Channel 5
Underage drinking, smoking marijuana and pole-dancing aren’t exactly high school traditions to be proud of, but a Dallas high school student said it all happened during an event billed as a “tradition” with chaperons.
The Big Sis-Lil Sis event at Woodrow Wilson High School is intended to allow freshman girls to get [...]
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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by heygrrrl
BY ELIZABETH CRISP
CLARION LEDGER.COM
Jackson State University has altered its punishment for students accused of hazing freshmen marching band members, including reducing the length of their suspension.
The 22 students, who last week were sentenced to two years of suspension from school, now face one-year suspensions or have been reinstated in school after appealing.
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by heygrrrl
The Associated Press
The Utah State Board of Education is cracking down on bullies.
The panel approved a rule Friday that defines bullying and hazing so that students will know exactly what is unacceptable.
Board members said the action comes in response to an increase in bullying and hazing incidents across the state during the past year.
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Mian Ridge
The Christian Science Monitor
NEW DELHI – Aman Kachroo was a handsome, easygoing 19-year-old in the first year of medical school in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
On March 6, at 2 a.m., he was awakened by a group of drunken senior students and dragged out of his bed for a “ragging,” the [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Denise Jewell Gee
BUFFALO NEWS NIAGARA
LEWISTON, N.Y. — Ten Lewiston-Porter High School students involved in a hazing incident in which raw meat was thrown at new players on the girls varsity soccer team have been suspended following a district investigation, Superintendent R. Christopher Roser said Friday.
Administrators suspended the students after learning Wednesday of a Labor [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Stacy Daniel
KSBY.com Action News
We have some new developments to tell you about in the case of a hazing death that rocked the Cal Poly campus, almost one year ago.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledge, Carson Starkey died last December while at a pledge event. Today, the Starkey family announced they’ve filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By ELIZABETH CRISP
CLARION LEDGER.COM
At least 45 members of Jackson State University’s famed marching band may face expulsion and criminal charges after being accused of hazing underclassmen.
Tags: Jackson State University, Marcus Chanay, Sonic Boom of the South, Lee Vance, Hazing
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