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The University of Kansas garnered national news attention after the Interfraternity Council halted the activities of its 24 fraternities. The national organizations of two fraternities suspended their Kansas chapters after allegations of hazing. Under the ban, only philanthropic and service events will be permitted in the near term, reports Inside Higher Ed.

Four individuals have been indicted in the death of Maxwell Gruver, a student and fraternity member at Louisiana…

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A reporter with WBIR-NBC, a local broadcast affiliate in Knoxville, spoke to National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Executive Director Dani Weatherford about the sorority community’s advocacy to ensure that protections for single-sex organizations are included within the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

In South Carolina, a group of parents with children who died in college hazing incidents gathered to discuss how they could prevent such tragedies from occurring…

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The University of Miami and the University of Pittsburgh have both attracted nationwide (TIME) and city-wide press coverage of activity by sororities that led to their suspensions. At the University of Miami, the Delta Gamma chapter had reports of alcohol and hazing violations that reached the Dean of Students Office. The dean had evidence to validate the cease operations order in the form of a recruitment video that showed the hazing, according to Local 10 ABC News and…