Sigma Alpha Epsilon Suspends U of Michigan Chapter (Alleged Hazing, etc.)

[exlurker]

Edited Feb. 17th to add: From the Sigma Alpha Epsilon HQ site:

http://www.sae.net/Page.aspx?pid=538

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon has suspended its chapter at the U of Michigan:

http://www.freep.com/article/2011021...sey=nav%7Chead

Excerpts from the article ^^ posted on the web site of the Detroit Free Press:

A University of Michigan fraternity has been suspended — and its future in doubt — after allegations that pledges were physically abused, forced to drink alcohol, insulted and humiliated.

The national headquarters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which has 258 chapters or colonies according to a national spokesman, has suspended the Ann Arbor chapter pending the outcome of an investigation.

“Everything ceases at the current time until we close the investigation,” spokesman Brandon Weghorst said of the SAE activities at U-M.
The suspension is part of the zero-tolerance policy , passed years ago and reaffirmed by national leaders in 2009, he said.

Weghorst said it was not clear how long an investigation might take. A statement from the national office notes that “the future of this chapter’s existence remains uncertain.”

Additionally, the U-M Interfraternity Council (IFC) suspended SAE’s involvement with IFC activities Wednesday, said U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald.

The investigation began Jan. 28 after [the] director of Greek Life at the university, received an anonymous complaint about alleged hazing at SAE. The e-mailer was identified as a parent of a pledge. . . .

Edited to add: Another news source has details on the specific allegations made in the parent's e-mail. (The news source apparently got a copy of the e-mail.) See:

http://www.annarbor.com/news/parent-...lon-suspended/

[SOM]

Sick, sad, and so unnecessary.

[Ghostwriter]

These guys are so stupid (if true) that I had to laugh.

[SOM]

U-M's Sigma Alpha Epsilon kicked off fraternity governing board after hazing allegations
...Although the council voted to remove the chapter, the group will continue to exist on campus. Sigma Alpha Epsilon's national organization decided to suspend the chapter through the end of the current school year, then revive the chapter as a colony chapter for the 2011-2012 school year....
“The chapter is still suspended, but we’ve started work on a redevelopment plan with them,” Brandon Weghorst, associate executive director of communications for the SAE national organization, told the Michigan Daily. “The chapter will be classified as a colony, which means it will be like having a new group, and we will be starting from ground zero to make sure that they do everything that a chapter is supposed to do.”
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http://michigandaily.com/news/ifc-of...-alpha-epsilon
http://www.freep.com/article/2011031...ng-allegations