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The messaging to remain silent, the suit says, became more dire on the group’s private Facebook page: “Keep your (expletive) mouth shut about the entire situation!”. Hipps is now an activist against fraternity hazing. The Office of Hazing Prevention is located in the Gwynn Wilson Student Union (STU) Suite 201. "Any suggestion otherwise is false," the statement read. She said it was hard to find answers about what happened to her son because no one in the fraternity would talk. Gamma phi got caught having a bar crawl and because that encourages underage drinking it was considered hazing. Enough said. "The family hopes that their lawsuit will compel fraternities to enact the changes necessary to end hazing and protect students,” he said. The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity at USC.

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Vodka, Jägermeister and other types of alcohol flowed during the Crossover night, an event to celebrate new members and raise existing ones. One of the group’s members told the university the party where Alex had died was not a fraternity event. The lawsuit alleges the national fraternity told the university the same thing. Too many girls, too many snitches. ", Secret frats: What to look out for during college fraternity rush. “Innocent until proven guilty, but, if this is what USC thinks is appropriate, that’s OK,” student Katherine Bruere told CBS2 Tuesday. That’s why Alex Beletsis’ parents say they are suing Theta Chi, seeking damages to be decided in court as well as legal expenses. Now, the family hopes to prevent the type of behavior that led to Beletsis' death, said Douglas Fierberg, one of the attorneys who filed the suit, who specializes in lawsuits involving hazing deaths. LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The University of Southern California last week suspended two fraternities for alleged hazing violations. It’s in the report hahahaha. During the probe, the lawsuit alleges, fraternity members attempted to stymie those efforts. Members of Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Sigma Kappa would not comment about the suspensions.

Hipps said the lack of information compounded the anguish of losing a child. The silence and seeming coordination that follows a young man’s fraternity death is familiar to Cindy Hipps. had a bar crawl. The Theta Chi chapter at Santa Cruz may be gone, but its presence lingers on social media. The University of Southern California is devoted to providing a safe and meaningful learning environment for all students and has zero tolerance for hazing by any individual or group associated with the University. "Theta Chi is confident that the courts will find it not liable for Alex' accidental death at a private residence.

That’s true in California, where Matt’s Law exists, so named after the 2005 hazing death of Matthew Carrington. Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Sigma Kappa were barred from hosting social events as of Oct. 5 while the university investigates allegations of hazing. Other young men vomited around him, the lawsuit says, while fraternity brothers shot anti-Semitic and misogynistic jeers at them. I know stupid. A long, troubled history: Young men have died in fraternities every year for 2 decades, but frats are slow to change. He shattered his skull and injured his spine. These types of houses, experts say, are often maintained by fraternities to avoid closer scrutiny from universities.

For over a century and a quarter, the University of Southern California has been an institution in the city and of the city. Are they the only sorority here that hazes? On Friday, the fraternity in a statement said it reviewed the lawsuit and "denies that hazing played any role in Alex's death." His attorneys say he was forced to drink alcohol and then fell out an 18-foot-high window. “Even though the Greek population is only, I think, 32 or 33 percent here, they are one of the big voices that are heard a lot, whether it be campus news or general voices,” student Chris Cheshire said.

In recent years, emergency responders had rushed to this house seven times, the lawsuit says. Yet as is sometimes the case with fraternities, it was really an elaborate excuse to drink, the lawsuit alleges.

The Theta Chi chapter at UCSC has since disbanded, but it may not have been Beletsis’ death that stopped them. Oct. 9, 2018. His fraternity brothers sent him to the bathroom so he could “settle down.” Inside, the lawsuit argues, the low, tall window that overlooked the concrete ground 18 feet below was broken. The fraternity wasn't allowed to haze him, but 20-year-old Alex Beletsis was dead anyway. ", The fraternity added that the family and friends of Alex were in its "thoughts and prayers. Beletsis had been through all the drinking before, when he first joined the Theta Chi chapter at the University of California, Santa Cruz. There the minutes included the message that it was “crucial not to provide information” and promised fraternity members the national organization supported them. So they drank, and they later did cocaine, according to the lawsuit.

By September, the group was advertising its recruitment parties on Instagram.

Increasingly, universities are taking more punitive measures to rein in bad behavior at fraternities, such as campuswide sanctions or banning Greek life altogether. However, though Request for your school to be featured on GreekRank.

Hernandez-Jason said because the event was off-campus, there was a delay in launching an investigation. Don’t worry about it.

“You know that someone knows,” Hipps said. USC officials also would not go into details about the specific nature of the offenses, except to say that the school takes hazing allegations very seriously. Comments (4) Leave a Reply Cancel reply Fraternities have announced sweeping changes in recent years, but families of young men who have died in hazing-related incidents say it's not enough. RELATED: Student Pledging UC Riverside Fraternity Dies. r/CollegeInitiation: College Initiation - College Students Having Fun Press J to jump to the feed. Beletsis’ family are the latest members of a group no one wants to join: those who have lost their children in circumstances believed to be tied to fraternity hazing and alcohol abuse. Before you type:  Remember, do not post names, initials, or any derogetory content. It’s concerning that gamma phi beta keeps deleting posts about their hazing scandal. He died in June 2018. How come gamma phi beta is on Usc’s FSL website for hazing but none of the other sorority’s are?

USC student and model Alasdair Russell killed himself after suffering head injuries while pledging a fraternity, and now his mother wants the frat to … Beletsis grew “incoherent, mentally unstable, and panicky.”. The news about Theta Chi came after an investigation from the university. The new information within led police to subpoena phone records and the mobile messaging app GroupMe, which revealed new information the members didn't provide initially. Not a big deal at alll not actual hazing. Meanwhile, two more fraternities — Sigma Delta Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon — are on active social suspension for the entire fall semester due to previous hazing cases. Lawsuit says yes. It wasn’t the fraternity’s official home, but it was where the chapter president and other members of the organization lived. Didn't find your school?Request for your school to be featured on GreekRank. On Facebook, one of Beletsis’ last postings is for a Theta Chi event in spring. Fifteen years ago, she fell asleep after drinking at a frat -- and died. What did they do to their girls??? Should university be blamed for deaths?

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