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A Remaining Dark Corner in the University Greek World: The Ongoing Quiet Crisis of the Sexual Assault of College Women by Fraternity Brothers A considerable amount of attention has been paid to the physical and emotional harm vested upon fraternity pledges as the result of hazing. Indeed, notice has also been had on the ongoing harm experienced by fraternity members during the entire course of their college careers as a result of dangerous activities sponsored by these organizations or even…

Southern Illinois University Fraternity Busted for Violating Statewide Social Gatherings Ban As we commented in a previous post, the COVID-19 epidemic has led to a virtual shutdown of the nation’s higher educational system. However, it appears that some students didn’t get the message, as the following news item suggest. *** According to a story first carried by the Southern Illinoisan, the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity has been suspended “immediately and indefinitely” after it…

Fraternity Hazing: First Quarter 2020 The massive social disruptions due to the Corona virus epidemic have led practically every junior college, college, and university in the nation to either suspend all classes for the remainder of the semester or to switch to online/distance education. As a result of campus closings, the reported number of fraternity suspensions and closings has dropped dramatically. However, prior to the early March shutdowns, our fraternity in-house fraternity misconduct database at The Doan Law Firm recorded…

9 Former Fraternity Members Plead Guilty to Hazing March 2019 hazing at Miami (OH) University sent 1 pledge to hospital Nine members of the now-closed Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter at Miami (OH) University have pled guilty to charges related to hazing stemming from a March 2019 that sent one pledge to a local hospital. All the guilty pleas were to a single charge of hazing which, under Ohio law, carries a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and…

Former Fraternity President Found Guilty of Sexual Assault Ari Goldstein, the former president of the Temple University chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, has been convicted of felonious attempted sexual assault and two related misdemeanor charges following a jury trial in Philadelphia. Goldstein was acquitted of similar charges involving another woman. Both women were also students at Temple when the assaults allegedly occurred inside Goldstein’s room in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house on the Temple campus in Philadelphia…