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A Remaining Dark Corner in the University Greek World: The Ongoing Quiet Crisis of the Sexual Assault of College Women by Fraternity Brothers A considerable amount of attention has been paid to the physical and emotional harm vested upon fraternity pledges as the result of hazing. Indeed, notice has also been had on the ongoing harm experienced by fraternity members during the entire course of their college careers as a result of dangerous activities sponsored by these organizations or even…

Texas State University Suspends Pi Kappa Psi Fraternity for 7 Years Suspension comes after student was brutally assaulted by fraternity members Texas State University has suspended its chapter of the Pi Kappa Psi fraternity for 7 years following an investigation into an October 2019 incident in which a student was attacked and brutally beaten after he was mistaken for a member of a rival fraternity. The suspension comes after the fraternity, its national headquarters, and three fraternity members were named…

College Hazing: It’s Not Just Fraternities and Sports Team, But Sororities Too A considerable amount of attention has focused on fraternity and even ports team hazing in the past decade. Certainly, there have been some horrific incidents that occurred, including truly tragic fraternity hazing that ended the bright lives of young people. What arguably has been underreported is sorority hazing. Sorority hazing continues to cause very significant and even fatal harm to young women every year. Examples of sorority hazing…

The Long-Term Effects of Fraternity Hazing: Injuries that Last for Years The stories seem to everywhere in this day and age: Tales of young men, oftentimes fraternity pledges, who are seriously injured or even killed as the result of hazing. What has been largely overlooked by national fraternities, colleges, and universities, and the media is the stark reality that fraternity hazing can have lasting negative consequences in the lives of people subjected to these insidious practices. The fact is that…

Regarding deaths that were linked to fraternity hazing or to fraternity sponsored “social events,” 2019 was the deadliest year in the past decade. In today’s post, our fraternity hazing lawyer gives a year-end recap of fraternity hazing practices that led to the needless deaths of 8 young men.