UConn drops sorority after hazing investigation

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<section itemprop="articleBody"> STORRS, Conn. (AP) — A sorority accused of forcing a member to lie on the floor and "sizzle like bacon," then drink alcohol until she passed out has been banned from the University of Connecticut.


The school sent its Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter a letter Wednesday informing it that its registration and recognition had been revoked after an investigation into the hazing allegation.


The sorority did not immediately respond to email requests for comment Thursday. It was given until 4 p.m. on May 15 to vacate its on-campus house and has until May 14 to file an appeal.


"UConn has zero tolerance for hazing and all similarly harmful behaviors, and repeatedly makes those expectations clear to all student leaders in Greek life and other organizations," school spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said in an email. "The university's decision to revoke Kappa Kappa Gamma's registration and recognition was not taken lightly, but it was appropriate and imperative in light of the severity of the circumstances.'


The school says Kappa Kappa Gamma may re-apply as a student organization in four years.


UConn sophomore and Kappa Kappa Gamma member Hillary Holt told reporters she was taken to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon's off-campus house on March 6 and forced to commit humiliating acts, including being told to lie on the floor and pretend to "sizzle like bacon." She said she was then pressured to drink alcohol to the point of passing out.


Holt said she woke up in a hospital and was told her blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08.


The sorority's national chapter issued a statement in March saying it does not tolerate hazing and "will continue to be an advocate for anti-hazing education across the country."


The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, where the hazing allegedly took place, is expected to learn its fate following a review meeting next week.


The school also is investigating hazing charges against three other Greek organizations. Delta Zeta, Delta Gamma and Sigma Chi were placed on interim suspension in April amid allegations that men were forced during off-campus parties to eat dog treats, paint their bodies, wear women's underwear and take alcohol shots off each other's bodies.

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as a fan of bacon, women and alcohol... I am appalled by Uconn's actions
 

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Hopefully they fight it-

 

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Somewhat related, this is a fantastic (but very long) article on how Fraternities avoid lawsuits (if you're a parent you will be paying) for the assaults, rapes, injuries occurring at their residences:

Gentle reader, if you happen to have a son currently in a college fraternity, I would ask that you take several carbon dioxide–rich deep breaths from a paper bag before reading the next paragraph. I’ll assume you are sitting down. Ready?

“I’ve recovered millions and millions of dollars from homeowners’ policies,” a top fraternal plaintiff’s attorney told me. For that is how many of the claims against boys who violate the strict policies are paid: from their parents’ homeowners’ insurance. As for the exorbitant cost of providing the young man with a legal defense for the civil case (in which, of course, there are no public defenders), that is money he and his parents are going to have to scramble to come up with, perhaps transforming the family home into an ATM to do it. The financial consequences of fraternity membership can be devastating, and they devolve not on the 18-year-old “man” but on his planning-for-retirement parents.


http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/02/the-dark-power-of-fraternities/357580/
 

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Are you fucking kidding me? This is nothing compared to what I had to do when I was pledging my Fraternity in the late 80s. And what I did was nothing compared to what was done in the 50s or 60s. My guess is that she was taken to the hospital and her parents were called, once the parents found out, she threw the sorority under the bus to save her ass. I find it hard to believe that she was an unwilling participant to the drinking, it just may have gotten out of hand
 

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