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I guess some of my dumbassed frat brothers (if they can be called that,) decided that the Kappas shouldn't get all the hazing press. :smh:
Like I said folks....I give the college greeks another 5 years to exist...maybe even less!!
OSU frat hazing charges expected
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent
3/6/2007
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STILLWATER -- A prosecutor said Monday he expects to file hazing charges against as many as six members of the Oklahoma State University chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity amid allegations that members beat pledges.
One pledge was beaten so badly that he went to an emergency room and was later advised by medical personnel to have a consultation with a plastic surgeon, police said.
The OSU chapter has been shut down by its national organization.
"When you have a young man hazed to the extent that he's going to have to have plastic surgery, that's crossing the line," District Attorney Rob Hudson said.
"I've been DA for more than a decade -- this is the first time we've been presented a charge of this type, hazing involving a fraternity," Hudson said.
The prosecutor said his office received a report on Friday from the Stillwater Police Department on allegations that several pledges of Alpha Phi Alpha had been hazed by being hit with wooden paddles.
Stillwater Police Lt. Mike Metcalf said that the parents of the most severely injured pledge contacted police on Feb. 15.
Their son's injuries "include abrasions to both elbows, contusions to the chest and back, and the loss of all skin layers in an approximately two-inch diameter area of the buttock," Detective Greg Miller wrote in a search warrant affidavit to take photographs of other pledges' bodies.
The severely injured pledge, who is from Tulsa , went to the Stillwater Medical Center 's emergency room on Feb. 13 for treatment, Metcalf said. The pledge said "he was told by fra ternity members to lie to the doctors about how he got the injury," Metcalf said. "It was a bad injury," he said.
The next day, the pledge went to the OSU Health Center in Stillwater for a bandage change and was told he needed to have a consultation with a plastic surgeon, Metcalf said. That's when he told his parents what had been happening, Metcalf said.
The pledge reportedly told police that from Jan. 22 to Feb. 10, he attended "set" meetings, held five or six nights a week, at which pledges received physical "punishment" for failure to recall information about the fraternity, the affidavit said. He also took the "punishment" for another pledge who had "some kind of medical condition and couldn't take these paddlings," Metcalf said.
Police -- who weren't sure if the alleged victims in the case would be cooperative -- obtained search warrants to take photographs of the four other pledges to document suspected injuries, Metcalf said.
One had no clearly identifiable injury, Metcalf said. "The others had different stages of healing -- or you could see the outline of the paddles on their skin, mostly their buttocks," Metcalf said.
"A couple would take strikes on their abdomen and chest, but they wouldn't be hit as hard," Metcalf said the pledges told police.
All of the alleged hazing took place off campus, Metcalf said.
Metcalf said Alpha Phi Alpha, which he's been told had just six members and five pledges at OSU, did not have a fraternity house.
Metcalf said some pledges "got six or seven swats each time," during the meetings.
Ten wooden paddles of varying sizes were seized on a search warrant from a fraternity member's apartment, where many of the "set" meetings were allegedly held, according to a search warrant.
"This is a very serious matter involving allegations of student actions that are strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated at Oklahoma State University ," OSU spokesman Gary Shutt said in a statement.
"We are addressing the incident through our student conduct committee, while cooperating fully with local law enforcement authorities. Regard ing the status of the fraternity, the national fraternity organization issued a 'cease and desist' order for the local chapter. Since the local chapter is no longer functioning, OSU will await a ruling from the national organization before taking action against the fraternity," Shutt said.
In an interview Monday, Shutt said that a student conduct panel, comprised of two faculty members, two students and a staff member, this week "will hear the case and make a recommendation on disciplinary action as far as their status as students."
Shutt said that recommendation would be forwarded to Lee Bird, vice president of student affairs.
Shutt said the fraternity members allegedly involved "have been attending classes, but they are not allowed to take part in other activities." No action has been taken against the alleged victims, Shutt said.
Hazing, and assault and battery -- both misdemeanors -- carry a possible 90-day jail term on conviction, Hudson said.
"Society has made a decision not to tolerate physical hazing," he said.
Like I said folks....I give the college greeks another 5 years to exist...maybe even less!!
OSU frat hazing charges expected
By PATTI WEAVER World Correspondent
3/6/2007
View in Print (PDF) Format
STILLWATER -- A prosecutor said Monday he expects to file hazing charges against as many as six members of the Oklahoma State University chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity amid allegations that members beat pledges.
One pledge was beaten so badly that he went to an emergency room and was later advised by medical personnel to have a consultation with a plastic surgeon, police said.
The OSU chapter has been shut down by its national organization.
"When you have a young man hazed to the extent that he's going to have to have plastic surgery, that's crossing the line," District Attorney Rob Hudson said.
"I've been DA for more than a decade -- this is the first time we've been presented a charge of this type, hazing involving a fraternity," Hudson said.
The prosecutor said his office received a report on Friday from the Stillwater Police Department on allegations that several pledges of Alpha Phi Alpha had been hazed by being hit with wooden paddles.
Stillwater Police Lt. Mike Metcalf said that the parents of the most severely injured pledge contacted police on Feb. 15.
Their son's injuries "include abrasions to both elbows, contusions to the chest and back, and the loss of all skin layers in an approximately two-inch diameter area of the buttock," Detective Greg Miller wrote in a search warrant affidavit to take photographs of other pledges' bodies.
The severely injured pledge, who is from Tulsa , went to the Stillwater Medical Center 's emergency room on Feb. 13 for treatment, Metcalf said. The pledge said "he was told by fra ternity members to lie to the doctors about how he got the injury," Metcalf said. "It was a bad injury," he said.
The next day, the pledge went to the OSU Health Center in Stillwater for a bandage change and was told he needed to have a consultation with a plastic surgeon, Metcalf said. That's when he told his parents what had been happening, Metcalf said.
The pledge reportedly told police that from Jan. 22 to Feb. 10, he attended "set" meetings, held five or six nights a week, at which pledges received physical "punishment" for failure to recall information about the fraternity, the affidavit said. He also took the "punishment" for another pledge who had "some kind of medical condition and couldn't take these paddlings," Metcalf said.
Police -- who weren't sure if the alleged victims in the case would be cooperative -- obtained search warrants to take photographs of the four other pledges to document suspected injuries, Metcalf said.
One had no clearly identifiable injury, Metcalf said. "The others had different stages of healing -- or you could see the outline of the paddles on their skin, mostly their buttocks," Metcalf said.
"A couple would take strikes on their abdomen and chest, but they wouldn't be hit as hard," Metcalf said the pledges told police.
All of the alleged hazing took place off campus, Metcalf said.
Metcalf said Alpha Phi Alpha, which he's been told had just six members and five pledges at OSU, did not have a fraternity house.
Metcalf said some pledges "got six or seven swats each time," during the meetings.
Ten wooden paddles of varying sizes were seized on a search warrant from a fraternity member's apartment, where many of the "set" meetings were allegedly held, according to a search warrant.
"This is a very serious matter involving allegations of student actions that are strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated at Oklahoma State University ," OSU spokesman Gary Shutt said in a statement.
"We are addressing the incident through our student conduct committee, while cooperating fully with local law enforcement authorities. Regard ing the status of the fraternity, the national fraternity organization issued a 'cease and desist' order for the local chapter. Since the local chapter is no longer functioning, OSU will await a ruling from the national organization before taking action against the fraternity," Shutt said.
In an interview Monday, Shutt said that a student conduct panel, comprised of two faculty members, two students and a staff member, this week "will hear the case and make a recommendation on disciplinary action as far as their status as students."
Shutt said that recommendation would be forwarded to Lee Bird, vice president of student affairs.
Shutt said the fraternity members allegedly involved "have been attending classes, but they are not allowed to take part in other activities." No action has been taken against the alleged victims, Shutt said.
Hazing, and assault and battery -- both misdemeanors -- carry a possible 90-day jail term on conviction, Hudson said.
"Society has made a decision not to tolerate physical hazing," he said.
