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Purdue Update (from Indystar.com)

West Lafayette – Five Purdue University fraternities temporarily suspended for violating the school’s policies on alcohol have had their suspensions lifted.

Delta Upsilon, Kappa Delta Rho, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon all had their suspensions removed by the dean of students and the Interfraternity Council.

However, the fraternities must now fulfill a list of requirements to stay active. Some of those requirements include attending mandatory alcohol awareness workshops and co-sponsoring alcohol education programming.

If the chapters violate school rules again, they could face full suspension.

By Hank Nuwer

Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.

He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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