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Despite restrictive state laws and tight regulations supposedly in place at colleges and universities, fraternity hazing remains a major problem across the United States. Fraternity hazing incidents in Ohio illustrate the point. A Bowling Green State University freshman is listed in critical condition following a fraternity hazing incident. The case is said to have involved the misuse of alcohol. The critically injured pledge is Stone Folz. The most recent Ohio fraternity hazing case comes about a year after a pair…

Sacramento State University has commenced a fraternity hazing investigation after receiving a report Delta Chi forced its pledges to participate in what is known among some Greek organizations as an “elephant walk.” Fraternity hazing has been illegal in the state of California since 2006. Despite the 15-year ban on fraternity hazing in the Golden State, year after year new cases of this type of misconduct arise. An elephant walk is considered to be a particularly degraded form of fraternity hazing….

Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has suspended one of the school’s fraternities for hazing violations as of Wednesday, December 23, 2010. The suspension evidently is effective immediately, although university administration is being rather tight-lipped about the specifics surrounding the fraternity hazing incident or incidents. A spokesperson for Wesleyan University would only confirm the suspension because of fraternity hazing that somehow involved a violation of the school’s coronavirus rules for members of the student body. When questioned about the suspension, the…

The University of Iowa announced the suspension of the Acacia Fraternity through December 2024. The suspension arose from what UI administrators concluded was “high-risk hazing practices and multiple violations of conduct policies.” The misconduct was identified both during the IC Acacia Fraternity rushes and initiations in the fall of 2019 and the spring of 2020. Founded in 1904 at the University of Michigan, up until the suspension of the UI chapter, Acacia had 28 active chapters across the United States…

Nestled on the plains of Kansas, the University of Kansas may not come to mind as an institution of higher education with a hazing tradition that has been described as “long and sordid.” However, that is the case. The school garnered this reputation because of fraternity hazing incidents, including situations that resulted in the long-term suspension of fraternities. With that said, fraternity hazing is not the only problem of this nature plaguing KU. A particularly disturbing hazing situation at the…