Five months after the death of a student in an alleged hazing incident led to the expulsion of one of its fraternities, Ohio University has suspended all 15 of its Interfraternity Council fraternity chapters amid new reports of hazing.
"Last Spring, Sigma Pi was expelled from our community as a result of hazing. Earlier this week, we received allegations that two IFC chapters were hazing new members and those chapters were placed on a cease and desist from Community Standards and Students Responsibility," she said in the letter. The news comes almost a year after Collin Wiant, an 18-year-old freshman, died after allegedly being hazed by the Sigma Pi fraternity. A lawsuit by Wiant's family claims that he died of asphyxiation after ingesting nitrous oxide forced on him by fraternity members.
Earlier this year, the University at Buffalo's president suspended all Greek life after an 18-year-old undergraduate student was critically injured in a"potential" hazing incident at the school's Sigma Pi house in April.
GOOD!
To those who’re willing to excuse and defend fraternity or sorority chapters for this abhorrent behavior, I’ve no sympathies towards you and the hacks who want to inflict humiliation and actual harm onto others for initiation. I also give my condolences to the victims of hazing.
Animal House was entertaining, but other than that, 'Greek Life' is utterly useless.
The university was right to suspend the chapters. There is no reason for deaths, hazing, other activities that hurt pledges. It has to stop
More tyranny.
Greek life is going to be extinct soon.
Hazing isn't new.
Ohio University. You’re welcome.
Every college should do this. Fraternities have been 'obsolete' for many years.
When will they finally just stop allowing these at all. What’s the hold up?
There goes the gay frat porn
Part of the war on men. Democrats want you alone and broken.
Party culture, rape culture, drug culture, drunk culture = Serious problems mostly tolerated or ignored at Colleges and Universities across America.