By Hermes | Published:
September 14, 2009
2 drug raids, five people arrested: three current students, one former student and one non-student.
Daily Aztec
San Diego State University
September 14, 2009
http://www.thedailyaztec.com/city/drugs-found-in-fraternity-1.1875684
Drugs found in fraternity
By Kristina Blake, Senior Staff Writer
Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity has been expelled from San Diego State.
In agreement with SDSU President Stephen L. Weber, SDSU Vice President for Student Affairs, James R. Kitchen, [...]
By Hermes | Published:
September 12, 2009
Warren Schor, Brother of Zeta Beta Tau at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences dies from H1N1.
A Cornell University student died Friday at Cayuga Medical Center from complications relating to H1N1 influenza, according to the Ithaca, N.Y., university.
Warren Schor, a 20-year-old junior, is the first H1N1 influenza-related fatality in Tompkins County, the [...]
By Hermes | Published:
August 25, 2009
Very Sad.
Courtland Smith, a junior biology major from Texas and president of the UNC chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, was shot to death by police early Sunday morning….
He was shot by police in Archdale, about 15 miles south of Greensboro, during a confrontation with an officer.
A news release from the Archdale Police Department [...]
By Hermes | Published:
July 24, 2009
and then turns around and sues em. Yeah, these guys are screwed.
Excerpted from onlineathens.com
An insurance underwriter has sued the Sigma Chi fraternity chapter at the University of Georgia in federal court, saying the underwriter should not have to defend the fraternity against a Gainesville woman’s injury lawsuit.
The Liberty Capital Corp., an underwriter of the Sigma [...]
By Hermes | Published:
June 15, 2009
Sorority sister supplies booze for sigma nu fraternity’s pledge initiation. Pledge drinks himself to death. Sister goes to jail.
From abc4.com
LOGAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) – The Utah State University student who admitted giving the alcohol to Michael Starks is going to jail.
By Hermes | Published:
June 6, 2009
For back ground – http://fraternitynews.org/2009/06/sigma-phi-epsilon-at-cal-poly-pomona-suspended-in-hazing-incident/
This week, Sigma Phi Epsilon Headquarters learned about an incident that occurred in March and resulted in the injury of one SigEp member of our California State Polytechnic University-Pomona chapter. In response, our chapter at Cal Poly-Pomona has been suspended until all fraternity and university investigations are complete. At that time, [...]
By Hermes | Published:
June 4, 2009
I weep for that car.
From courthousenews.com
LAS VEGAS (CN) – A man claims his daughter’s sorority ruined his prized Corvette – one of only 17 1969 Corvette L-88 Automatic Roadsters ever made. Jeffrey Hendershot says the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at the University of Nevada Las Vegas dented, scratched and spilled paint on [...]
By Hermes | Published:
June 4, 2009
Fire, gasoline and pledges NEVER mix. ok?
Excerpted from the LA Times -
The school is investigating claims that a student was severely burned during a Sigma Phi Epsilon initiation at a bonfire in the high desert.
A campus fraternity in Pomona has been suspended while the school investigates claims that a student was burned during an initiation.
Cal [...]
By Hermes | Published:
May 19, 2009
Not a good week for TKE brothers and heights. First there was this – Tau Kappa Epsilon Brother falls off wall, in Hospital at Kansas University and now UofL Student Injured After Fall From Balcony
The student was at a fraternity party held in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Friday night.
University officials said he suffered only minor injuries and [...]
By Hermes | Published:
May 19, 2009
Even before fully reading this story – Memorial Held for Freshman Slain While Crossing Freeway I saw the keywords “after attending the Alpha Epsilon Pi Film Fest after-party at Costa Mesa’s Shark Club when he was hit by two cars and killed. The details of why Nunez was on the freeway remain unknown, and [...]