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UA restores activity for 16 fraternities; five remain under investigation
The University of Arizona lifted interim activity suspensions for 16 Interfraternity Council chapters after required meetings with chapter advisers. Five chapters remain suspended while the university and campus police investigate alleged misconduct, including hazing and assault.
The University of Arizona has lifted interim activity suspensions for 16 Interfraternity Council fraternities, while five chapters remain suspended during active investigations, the university said Friday, Oct. 9.
The university imposed the blanket suspension on Oct. 5. Its Dean of Students Office required chapter advisers to meet with the dean this week; after those meetings took place, the suspensions were lifted for the 16 chapters.
Five chapters — Delta Chi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Tau Gamma, Zeta Beta Tau and Zeta Psi — remain under interim suspension and investigation by the Dean of Students Office in partnership with the University of Arizona Police Department, according to the university’s conduct-status listing.
The allegations cited in the suspension notice include hazing, the assault of a University of Arizona student and creating unsafe environments. One alleged incident involved new members being forced to consume large quantities of alcohol and live goldfish, according to the notice.
The university said mandatory adviser meetings will continue for all Interfraternity Council chapters. Advisers must attend, and a chapter could lose good standing with Fraternity and Sorority Programs if its adviser fails to do so. The university also warned it would not tolerate further violations that put students at risk.
The lifting of the interim suspensions allows the 16 chapters to resume activities, but the five named organizations remain subject to investigation.