Boston University Sorority Sigma Delta Tau Suspended While Under Investigation For Alleged Hazing Incident

Boston University officials have suspended a sorority at the center of an investigation for alleged hazing.

On March 3, BU campus police found three members of Sigma Delta Tau on the street. The women were heavily intoxicated and needed to be transported by ambulance to a hospital.

Amidst reports that the women may have been forced to drink as part of a hazing ritual, the school launched an investigation into the sorority and suspended its activities.

An email sent out on March 8 by Panhellenic Council President Marisa Feehan to sorority sisters announced SDT was no longer affiliated with BU or the Panhellenic Council.

"This was not an action of the entire chapter, but of a select group of girls," the email stated. "They by no means reflect the overall character of Sigma Delta Tau and anyone that you may be friends [with] within the chapter."

BU officials believe a fraternity may have also been involved in the alleged hazing incident, according to the Daily Free Press. They have not publicly named the frat.

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Comments

[92102]

04:37 AM on 03/25/2012

Not too much different than a gang initiation. Except maybe preppier clothes.

[haval2]

01:15 PM on 03/24/2012

SDT was always ... Seldom Dated Twice ... I guess with the gas fumes that might be true.

[ptrgamb]

02:59 AM on 03/24/2012

All sororities should be suspended forever. Or if they insist, they can convene on Gilligan's Island.

[chriskotx]

09:40 PM on 03/23/2012

BU is an inspecific designation. I thought it might refer to Baylor University. Just say Boston U.

[bng1959]

08:23 PM on 03/23/2012

Sorry but I have always thought the Greek system does more damage than good.

[Agdoc]

09:08 PM on 03/23/2012

Totally agree. It seems to be a haven for maladjusted, overly privileged, elitist brats living large on daddy's money.

[coynemark]

09:10 PM on 03/23/2012

As an alumni member of a fraternity, I can say that your perception of college Greeks is totally inaccurate for the vast majority. Are some like you describe? Undoubtedly. But they are not the rule.

[bigbe]

11:44 PM on 03/23/2012

Theta Chi here and certainly never had any money. Cooked for a fraternity (never call them a frat) after I retired and bunch of normal, hard working guys. Have to admit, they could drink though.

[mrsdoc]

11:34 AM on 03/24/2012

...what exactly does the "Greek" system do?....what's the purpose of sororitites and fraternities (sp?)....I never understood what they stand for, I thought they were basically social organizations....any "Greeks" care to enlighten me?.....

[mogeorge]

11:59 AM on 03/24/2012

They are the biggest philanthropic organizations on most campuses. They are under such strict social regulation by Universities and their National Offices that this kind of behavior is extremely rare. I was in a sorority as were my three daughters and frankly I think their time has passed. They have become too big which has taken away from the original concept which was forming friendships and doing good for the community. But, as I said, they do benefit many causes with their numerous fundraising events.

[mikennz]

07:38 PM on 03/23/2012

Here's some advice for any college bound soon-to-be high school grads. Grow up. If somebody wants you to do something stupid to "join their club", then the "club" isn't worth it. Don't jump off a building, take drugs or drink until you're sick (or dead). Try going to college and making your parents wise for spending their money on you. Going to college is a privilege, not a right. Your parents can easily use the money for their retirement.

[jimbarry1946]

07:14 PM on 03/23/2012

The Huff-n-Puff teaser headline calls this a PRANK. Some prank. Girls end up in the hospital from HAZING!!! UNACCEPTABLE!

[Yeah I did]

06:32 PM on 03/23/2012

They're now on double secret probation.

[Agdoc]

09:09 PM on 03/23/2012

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, boy."

[tulfs]

10:41 PM on 03/23/2012

Well?Out with it!

[CharlesDeanMartin]

05:47 PM on 03/23/2012

When I went to College in 1977 the pledges at a frat the shall remain nameless were made to slide around on a floor covered with raw eggs with an olive up their butt. Do they still do that? That is some real "Greek" life !

[bigbe]

11:45 PM on 03/23/2012

Not true!!!!! It was a Hershys kiss not an olive.

[JackMcSpades]

01:15 AM on 03/24/2012

Cant get much more Greek than that.

[ycplum]

04:16 PM on 03/23/2012

I was friends with the person who started the SUNY at Stony Brook chapter. She said she would rip me new one if I referred to them as the "girls from EAT".

[Trailz]

03:25 PM on 03/23/2012

Over a decade ago, BU had rules and the students followed them. They had a Chancellor who enforced basic common sense. In the last few years, BU has "distinguished" itself by a brutal murderer, a porn magazine degrading their own students and a determined liberal tilt. We have to wonder how or why alumni would give them support.

[TeaParty Mike]

08:01 PM on 03/23/2012

I was proud to work at BU back in the Silber administration. Students had both free speech and standards that they were expected to meet. I guess things have changed.

[Agdoc]

09:11 PM on 03/23/2012

I went to A&M primarily because my girlfriend and future first wife went to BU; they knew how to party even back then, but they were much more discreet about it. The administration put up with no nonsense and expelled students immediately for any conduct that brought embarrassment on the school. Times HAVE changed.

[JosephLavoieJr]

03:19 PM on 03/23/2012

They fail to specify the status of the members involved in the binge drinking. Were they freshmen pledges? Or senior members out on a bender?

It is also particularly suspect that only three members would be involved in this incident...

[Jeffrey Leathem]

01:34 PM on 03/23/2012

Unfortunately, hazing has been long entrenched as acceptable fraternity/sorority tradition. It's wrong, but the social ramifications of reporting the hazing jeopardizes/potential ruins the very relationships a person submits to hazing to forge. It's a problem in college Greek organizations and something that universities, and the national Greek organizations, need to approach with a zero tolerance rule. Revoke the memberships of the hazers; revoke the chapter's charter when it continues.

[coynemark]

09:12 PM on 03/23/2012

As an alumni fraternity member and the uncle of a current fraternity member at a different school, I can tell you it is not acceptable for the vast majority of Greek societies. Maybe where you went to school it was, but not where I, or where my nephew, did.

[lfnnut]

10:34 PM on 03/23/2012

Not all sororities and not all campuses are like this. Our sorority was so strict on hazing that we would not even make pledges do study hours because if we didn't make the actives do it - it was hazing. Our sorority and university Panhellenic did not tolerate ANY thing that could be considered hazing. I am sad this happened and the sorority should be punished, if true.

[Boomerwoman]

12:01 PM on 03/23/2012

Elementary school bullies become middle school bullies, become high school bullies, become college bullies, become workplace bullies.......

[Fredday]

03:22 PM on 03/23/2012

And on good days, become unconscious. ;)

[cjcfleur]

05:37 PM on 03/23/2012

But did they puke?