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The Independent (of the UK) reports that a recent University of Michigan graduate and social media content creator, Eli Rallo, “exposed” in a now-viral video how collegiate members of her former sorority, Sigma Kappa, ranked potential new members. In the video, Rallo reviews an old email that describes a ranking system in which potential new members were scored based on factors such as if they are “weird,” “average,” or “just nice.” Rallo has called the rankings…

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This Week

March 7, 2022, marked a year since Stone Foltz, a sophomore at Bowling Green State University, passed away due to fraternity-related hazing, reports the Associated Press. Foltz’s death influenced a new law in Ohio that created tougher criminal penalties for hazing. Bowling Green has hired a hazing prevention coordinator and made it easier for students to report hazing. The university’s anti-hazing policy calls for zero tolerance and expulsion when…

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The family members of Adam Oakes, a Virginia Commonwealth University freshman who passed away after a fraternity hazing incident in 2019, are concerned as their efforts to strengthen hazing penalties are being contradicted by two different versions of an anti-hazing bill passed in the Virginia House and Senate, reports CBS 6 WTVR-TV. The two chambers differ in whether the penalty for hazing resulting in death or serious bodily injury should be…

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Student Life reported that Delta Gamma will cease operations of its college chapter at Washington University in St. Louis. In the article, Assistant Director for Sorority and Fraternity Life James McLendon cited the anti-sorority activism movement, COVID-19, and older members of the chapter graduating as factors that have significantly decreased membership numbers, contributing to the national organization’s choice to remove the charter. Delta Gamma…

Last semester, it came to light that a member of Eta Mu Chapter wrote a text message (prior to joining Theta) that contained racist and extraordinarily hateful speech targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. There is photographic proof of this message which was sent to multiple individuals. News of this text message spread quickly and it is now known to the entire campus and beyond, leading Occidental College to release an official statement on the matter.

Let it…

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This Week

According to The Roanoke Times, a Virginia Senate subcommittee has approved legislation that would enhance preventative measures and strengthen penalties for hazing. Known as Adam’s Law, the legislation follows the death of Adam Oakes, a Virginia Commonwealth University student who died in an alleged hazing incident. The legislation would affect both fraternities and sororities and make hazing education a requirement, require universities to post all…

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Mid-December 2021 through Jan. 4, 2022

Inside Higher Ed, The Daily Beast and other local outlets reported that the Alpha Phi chapter at the University of Alabama expelled a member and stripped the president of her title after racist text messages circulated on social media. The University of Alabama Panhellenic Association posted a statement on Instagram condemning the behavior. The university also released a statement, calling the text exchange, “offensive,…

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The week of Dec. 13, 2021

In a comprehensive investigatory piece, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the state of institutional sanctions against fraternities and sororities this semester—within the context of high profile protests (particularly of fraternities). After tracking more than two dozen fraternities and sororities, reporter Kate Hidalgo Bellows found that while there have been several alcohol- and hazing-related deaths, fraternity chapter…

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This week

The Duke Chronicle reported the NPC-affiliated Panhellenic community at Duke University announced their decision to disaffiliate from the university to form the Durham Panhellenic Association. The sororities’ decision follows the university’s decision to no longer allow first-year recruitment. NPC issued a formal statement last week detailing the decision with comment from chief executive officer (CEO) Dani Weatherford, which was then picked up in a…