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East Tennessee State University punished Lambda Chi Alpha for hazing

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East Tennessee State University has officially suspended one of its fraternities for five years for hazing and disorderly conduct after a lengthy investigation. The university made the announcement today, which impacts Lambda Chi Alpha.

The university confirms its University Judicial Board voted to suspend the chapter effective immediately.

“The board found the fraternity responsible for violating sections of ETSU’s Institutional Disciplinary Policies,” the university said. “These violations included hazing and disorderly conduct. As a result of the suspension, the fraternity cannot engage in or sponsor any activity nor recruit new members or hold any meetings for the next five years. Any organization that has been suspended is prohibited from using university resources, equipment, facilities, services or funds, as well as participating as an organization at a campus event.”

ETSU charged Lambda Chi Alpha with disorderly conduct, hazing, providing false information, violation of general rules and regulations, as well as failure to cooperate with institutional officers.

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, the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division and Best Humorist, second place.

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 Warsaw, Poland and Fairbanks, Alaska. Nuwer is a former columnist for the Greenville (Ohio)Early Bird and former managing editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Alaska.
Nuwer was named the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists columnist of the year in 2021 for his “After Darke” column in the Early Bird. He also won third place for the column in 2022 from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He and his wife Gosia, recently of Union City, Ind., have owned 20 acres in Alaska for many years. “The move is a sort-of coming home for us,” said Nuwer. As a journalist, he’s written about the Alaskan Iditarod sled-dog race and other Alaska topics. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com and in his weekly column "Far from Randolph" in the Winchester Star-Gazette of Randolph County, Indiana.

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