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UC Santa Barbara Sigma Chi Fraternity Surrenders Charter After Hazing

SANTA BARBARA Calif. The Sigma Chi fraternity has surrendered its University of California, Santa Barbara, charter in wake of a hazing incident a year ago that led to criminal charges.

November 20, 2007

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Black Greeks Debate Their Future

“Enough is enough” was the sentiment of panelists and participants in Diverse’s Web chat last week, when they expressed that dangerous hazing undermines the noble principles on which Black Greek-letter organizations were founded.

November 17, 2007

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Transcripts: Diverse Web Chat on the State of Black Greek Letter Organizations

Here is the modified transcript from Diverse’s web chat on the state of Black Greek-letter Organizations, held Nov. 14.

November 14, 2007

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Black Greeks: A Legacy in Peril?

During the time of their inception, the purpose of Black Greek-letter organizations was clear. Amid racial oppression and segregation, these elite groups of educated Blacks assumed the charge of activism, scholarship, social uplift and service.

November 12, 2007

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Diverse To Host a Web Chat on Black Greek Letter Organizations

Please join us for an exciting Web chat discussion about the state of Black Greek Letter Organizations at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Our panel includes Dr. Ricky L. Jones, author of “Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities and Dr. Gregory S. Parks, editor of the new book “Our Fight Has Just Begun: The Relevance of Black Fraternities and Sororities in the 21st Century,” among others.

November 8, 2007

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Mayor: Blaze That Killed 7 College Students at N.C. Beach House May Have Started on Deck

OCEAN ISLE BEACH N.C. A fire at a vacation house where college students went to take advantage of the last good beach weather may have started on a deck, an official said Monday, as two campuses waited to find out the names of the seven dead.

October 29, 2007

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Cartoon in UK’s College Newspaper Spurs Controversy

LEXINGTON, Ky. An editorial cartoon depicting a bare-chested Black student on an auction block that ran in the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper on Friday has sparked student protest.

October 7, 2007

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Historic Kappa Felony Hazing Case Produces Civil Suit

The criminal trial involving Kappas from Florida A&M University that produced the nation’s first felony convictions for hazing will now be followed by a civil trial. The victim, Marcus Jones, is suing the same five fraternity members named in the criminal case. The national,regional and local chapters of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity also face a potentially multi-million dollar liability.

October 6, 2007

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From yoga to opera, fraternities cultivating a new image

COLUMBIA Mo. The basement of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of Missouri-Columbia is filled with familiar fraternity icons, from its well-worn pool table to the stacks of “Kill Bill,” “Gladiator,” and other super-violent movies on DVD. The smell of stale beer is unmistakable.

October 1, 2007

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Innocent pleas in Washington State University sorority house rape case

PULLMAN Wash. A Washington State University student pleaded innocent Friday to a charge of second-degree rape in a sorority house.

September 22, 2007

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University of Mississippi’s frat’s year suspension upheld

OXFORD Miss. A University of Mississippi official says a year suspension given to a fraternity after a black student said he was called a racial slur at a party has been upheld.

September 20, 2007

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University of Mississippi student was intoxicated during deadly fall

JACKSON Miss. The University of Mississippi student who died after suffering massive head trauma when he fell from a tree was drunk when the accident happened, officials said Thursday.

September 20, 2007