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Univ. of South Florida suspends Omega Psi Phi as police investigate hazing allegations
Source The University of South Florida chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity has been suspended while detectives investigate allegations of off-campus hazing, university officials said Monday. Tampa police said the alleged hazing took place at 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 22 and 23 at an address on W Busch Boulevard. Police received a report about [...]
NCUA Liquidates Kappa Alpha Psi FCU despite week of claims, counterclaims
Source Despite ongoing federal court proceedings addressing its actions, the NCUA has moved forward with the liquidation of the $780,000 Kappa Alpha Psi Federal Credit Union. “Whenever we liquidate a credit union, we are mindful of the responsibility to return funds to members in an expeditious manner,” wrote John McKechnie, NCUA director of public and [...]
Coastal Carolina University suspends Zeta Phi Beta for hazing
Source A South Carolina university has suspended a sorority for five years for a number of hazing incidents. A spokeswoman for Coastal Carolina University in Conway said Thursday the decision involves Zeta Phi Beta sorority and violations of the university’s hazing policies. The sorority has been suspended from all activities, recruitment of new members, meetings, [...]
[Update] Judge lifts contempt ruling against Alpha Kappa Alpha
Source A Cook County judge Thursday morning removed a contempt of court ruling against Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and gave the organization until later this month to provide financial records. The move came after the group sent its top finance staffer — who’d been at the AKA national meeting wrapping up in St. Louis [...]
[Update] Chicago judge orders Alpha Kappa Alpha to bring records to court this afternoon
Source A judge in Chicago this morning ordered the director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. — one of the nation’s most influential black women’s organizations — to retrieve financial records from the group’s Stoney Island headquarters and bring them to court this afternoon. Cook County Judge Daniel Riley’s order came after the Chicago-based organization’s [...]
Insurance broker admits $1M investment scheme
Source A former independent contractor for Daniel & Henry Co. in St. Louis pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud charges in connection with an investment scheme that cost investors more than $1 million. From 2003 to 2009, Germaine Pang, 60, of St. Louis, convinced family members, friends and fellow members of her sorority Delta Sigma Theta to [...]
Zeta Soror Nishan Huff’s death still a cold case 4 years later
Source Most neighbors told investigators they didn’t see or hear anything when detectives found Nishan Huff shot to death in June 2006 at the Boulder Creek Apartments in Greenville County. “I hate the anniversary, because it’s another year we don’t know what happened or why it happened,” said Sacha Huff, Nishan’s mother. She said that [...]
Univ. of Tampa Deltas accused of hazing want suspension lifted
Source Three sorority members are asking a circuit court judge to intervene after officials at the University of Tampa suspended them for hazing incidents they say they didn’t commit. A witness told school officials in March that three officers of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority were putting pledges through hazing rituals, according to the complaint [...]
Lawsuit filed against Omega Psi Phi alleges hazing
Source For many people in college joining a greek organization is part of the university experience. But that experience turned traumatic for one University of Houston student. Now his father is suing the Omega Psi Phi fraternity claiming his son was hazed. The father is not only mad that his son was allegedly physically beaten [...]
Winston-Salem State Deltas suspended over hazing allegations
Source A sorority at Winston-Salem State University has been suspending for allegedly hazing new members. Aaron Singleton, spokesman for WSSU, says the Gamma Phi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is suspending from campus for 10 years effective immediately. The university cites violating university policy as a reason for the suspension. There has been an [...]
