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Penn State Student Given 18 Drinks In 82 Minutes Before Hazing Death, Prosecutors Say

5:19pm November 13, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The district attorney filed new charges against members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity Monday, saying recently recovered video shows them giving Timothy Piazza massive amounts of alcohol.

Administrators at Penn State's main campus in State College, Pa., had already banned Beta Theta Pi after the hazing death of a pledge, which has resulted in involuntary manslaughter charges.

Penn State Student's Hazing Death Was No Accident, Grand Jury Says

7:29pm May 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Eight Beta Theta Pi fraternity members face charges of involuntary manslaughter over the death of a new pledge in February. For nearly 12 hours after Timothy Piazza fell, no one called an ambulance.

After news broke in March of a private Facebook page that collected nude photos of women, protesters gathered outside Kappa Delta Rho fraternity at Penn State. The school has banned the chapter for three years.

Penn State Bounces Fraternity For 3 Years Over Nude Photo Scandal

3:13pm May 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Penn State has shut down the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity chapter for three years, after an inquiry over a Facebook group page that collected pictures of nude women uncovered other transgressions.

University Of Oklahoma: Racist Chant Learned At National Frat Event

4:36pm March 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

President David Boren, releasing an investigation into the incident involving Sigma Alpha Epsilon, contradicts statements by the fraternity's national office that the chant was learned locally.

The exterior of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma. The chapter was closed by the organization's national office.

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Oklahoma Fraternity Is Closed Over Video Of Racist Chant

2:23pm March 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The video reportedly captured a scene while the fraternity members and others, all in formalwear, were on a chartered bus.

At University Of Virginia, Efforts Born Of Discredited Story Go On

6:01pm December 10, 2014

by Jennifer Ludden

"People within the fraternity life feel wronged," says a University of Virginia fraternity member about a discredited news article. But as educator on sexual assault, he knows the problem is real.

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