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Arkansas Tech suspends Kappa Alpha Psi chapter, as school police probe hazing
Source An Arkansas Tech University student remains in serious condition in a Little Rock hospital after sustaining injuries in an alleged fraternity hazing incident last week. The fraternity has been suspended by the university pending the outcome of an investigation by Arkansas State Police and the school’s Office of Public Safety. According to a statement [...]
Obituary: Oklahoma University resident director Ennis Koonce remembered for kindness, life lessons
Source Ennis Koonce never left a day of work without stopping by each coworker’s desk to say goodbye. Those same coworkers now walk past the same neatly kept, now-vacant desk as a reminder of his untimely passing April 5. Koonce had a multi-faceted career at OU. He served as an Adams Center resident director, higher [...]
Alpha Phi Alpha marks 100 years on the campus of the University of Minnesota
Source It started with 12 black men at the University of Minnesota who started a social club in 1911. The club became a chapter of the national Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in 1912. In less than a week, the fraternity will celebrate its 100th year on campus. The historically black fraternity will celebrate in conjunction [...]
University of Nebraska Sigmas Holds Sleepout for Homeless Donations
Source Members and friends of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity collect donations to help the homeless. They are calling it a sleepout. Beginning at 9:00 p.m. Thursday, some 20 members and friends of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity camped out on both sides of Vine near 20th Street. Their mission, to collect donations to help [...]
Marshall Deltas, Alphas Host Rally Seeking Answers in Trayvon Martin Case
Source The shooting death of Trayvon Martin is one that has struck a chord with communities throughout the country, and students at Marshall University gathered Friday to remember Martin and to make the national conversation a local one. More than 100 students, faculty and community members gathered at the Memorial Student Center Plaza for its [...]
Zeta Sorors Jasmine Johnson, Vanessa Obafemi finish 10th season as teammates
Source Jasmine Johnson and Vanessa Obafemi spend just about every waking moment together. They’re roommates, Zeta Phi Beta sorority sisters, healthcare administration classmates and fellow Campus Activities Board members. On top of all that, the two DeSoto, Texas natives are senior WKU basketball players in the thick of their 10th year playing the sport together. [...]
Wiley College Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Faces Hazing Allegations
Source Six Wiley College students have been banned from the campus while school officials investigate an alleged hazing. Administrators tell KSLA News 12 that a few students have come forward saying they were physically abused while trying to join the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. The six fraternity brothers that were suspended said they are innocent. “The information they provided [...]
Omega Psi Phi fraternity hosts Women’s Appreciation Week
Source “Can we choke you?” joked the self-defense instructor before asking the 25 seated girls whether they were up for a live demonstration of an attack. This exchange took place Thursday night at Café 58 inside Irvine Auditorium, where students attended a self-defense workshop, designed to teach girls about public safety and how to respond [...]
Warrants issued in Youngstown State hazing case
Source Police issued warrants for eight people Thursday in connection with the beatings of two Youngstown State University students in what is believed to be part of a fraternity initiation. All eight people charged face two counts each of felonious assault for the beatings of Resean Yancey, 20, and Breylon Stubbs, 22, over a period [...]
Scholarship created to honor slain Kappa Frater Steven Agee II
Source There wasn’t an empty seat at the Steven R. Agee II scholarship fund kickoff Monday. The event was hosted by Steven’s mother, Kimberly Agee, in the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room. “I think it was a wonderful night,” Kimberly said. “So many students came out. I didn’t expect this. His fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, [...]
