Chi Phi’s Cornell chapter was shuttered after a woman said its members sexually assaulted her. It was one of the oldest fraternities at the school, where Greek life has thrived.

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Case of alleged hazing at the University of Arizona is latest in series of controversial incidents involving US fraternities

A college fraternity at the University of Arizona has been suspended after new members were allegedly plied with alcohol and forced to swallow live goldfish.

College officials informed the university’s Sigma Tau Gamma chapter by letter earlier in September that it was under investigation for multiple alleged violations of the student code of conduct, including “endangering, threatening, or causing physical harm” to members of the campus community.

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Pledges found covered in food in heated basement of fraternity house near University of Wisconsin-Madison

Police are investigating suspected illegal hazing after about 30 partially clothed young men covered in food, condiments and other liquids were found recently in the basement of a fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Madison police said some of the men, whom they described as pledges of a fraternity, had signs of being physically assaulted.

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Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students face charges of suspicion of hazing in the episode, which happened on Wednesday in a sweltering basement, officials said.

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