Tag: Fraternities & Sororities: Page 19

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Johnson C. Smith Becomes First HBCU to Admit a Latino Fraternity

The young men, who are all pursuing degrees in STEM disciplines, say their common academic pursuits led them to the idea of creating a fraternity.

May 6, 2014

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Jill Biden Promotes Post-9/11 GI Bill Website

Jill Biden is promoting a new website designed to make it easier for service members, veterans, their spouses and dependents to calculate their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits at thousands of schools and job training programs.

April 16, 2014

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Honor Student Who Sued Parents Returns Home

State police and the University of Connecticut have launched separate investigations into alleged hazing by a sorority and a fraternity.

March 12, 2014

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UConn, State Police Investigating Alleged Hazing by Sorority, Fraternity

State police and the University of Connecticut have launched separate investigations into alleged hazing by a sorority and a fraternity.

March 12, 2014

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Miami University Fraternity Closes Over Hazing Allegations

An investigation into allegations including hazing and alcohol abuse has resulted in a fraternity closing its Miami University chapter in southwest Ohio.

March 3, 2014

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Southern University Board Member Quits, Changes Mind

BATON ROUGE, La. ― Southern University’s Board of Supervisors member Calvin Braxton has apparently flip-flopped. On Wednesday, Braxton sent the Southern Board a letter of resignation that read: “Accept my recognition from the Southern University Board of Supervisors.” Less than a day later, Braxton says he has reconsidered and intends to remain a board member. […]

March 2, 2014

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Ole Miss Fraternity Suspended; Noose Suspects Kicked Out

A fraternity chapter at the University of Mississippi was indefinitely suspended Friday by its national organization and three of its freshman members were kicked out because of their suspected involvement in hanging a noose on a statue of James Meredith, the first Black student to enroll in the then all-White college.

February 23, 2014

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Lawyer: Hazing Charges at University of Georgia Unfounded

An attorney representing at least one of 11 University of Georgia students accused of hazing says allegations that pledges were beaten are false.

February 9, 2014

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Tape of King Speech at Arizona State University Found

Mary Scanlon had no idea a $3 purchase from a Goodwill store in Phoenix would turn out to be a rare link to the civil rights movement’s most revered leader.

February 2, 2014

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Arizona State University Fraternity under Scrutiny for MLK Day Party

An Arizona State University fraternity’s operations have been suspended pending an investigation into accusations that the local Tau Kappa Epsilon’s chapter hosted a distasteful party in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 21, 2014

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Ex-Frat House Becomes Home for Va. Tech Entrepreneurs

Virginia Tech invited freshmen with “entrepreneurial spirits” to apply to live in the $5 million brick mansion after the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was kicked off campus in May for bad behavior.

December 30, 2013

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University of North Carolina Fraternity Suspended in Wake of Death

A fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been suspended during an investigation into suspected hazing.

November 27, 2013