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The University of Vermont announced that it has suspended all fraternity activities after a 19-year-old man was found dead Saturday (February 2nd) morning. According to a Burlington Police Department spokesman, preliminary autopsy findings indicate that Vermont freshman Connor Gage died from hypothermia and that alcohol intoxication appears to have been a contributing factor. The National Weather Service reported that the overnight temperatures in the Burlington area ranged from 0 to -5°F, with winds of 5 to 10 mph. These conditions…

Regular visitors to our Fraternity Hazing website know that we monitor both the local and national news media for reports of hazing and other types of misconduct by college fraternities. In today’s post, the fraternity hazing lawyers at The Doan Law Firm take a look at how the University of Iowa is dealing with fraternity misconduct involving hazing and alcoholic beverage policy violations. Alcohol Related Fraternity Hazing At about 7:00 AM on April 30, 2017 Camden County (MO) EMS personnel…

On Tuesday, January 15th Pennsylvania State University complied with the provisions of the recently-enacted Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law (18 Pa.C.S. § 2809 et seq) by publishing its report on “hazing” and other types of potentially-dangerous conduct carried out by fraternities, sororities, and other organizations with ties to the multi-campus Penn State system. In today’s post, the fraternity hazing lawyer at The Doan Law Firm presents a summary of that report. The tragic accident surrounding the Piazza law The incident…

Under the provisions of the recently-enacted Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law, each college and university in Pennsylvania is required to publish a twice-yearly report detailing instances where hazing is alleged to have occurred on its campus and its response to such reports. In today’s post, the fraternity hazing lawyers at The Doan Law Firm present a summary of those reports. Bucknell University Bucknell University reported that one organization, “Bison Chips,” had been suspended for 2 years and that it’s Men’s…

At The Doan Law Firm, we monitor the national media for developments related to hazing and other misconduct by college fraternities. In today’s post, we will take a look at the recent confrontations between several fraternities and West Virginia University (WVU) and the fraternities’ stated intentions of forming their own governing council in response to what they consider to be “unfair” restrictions of their new member recruiting practices. Background Facts Surrounding the Suspensions Over the last several years WVU has…