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Mercer Suspends Fraternity Chapter
Celeste Smith
Story Created:
Feb 5, 2010 at 10:30 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Feb 5, 2010 at 10:50 PM CDT
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Mercer University officials have suspended the campus chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity over the treatment of
pledges.
The fraternity has been banned for three academic years and is barred from meeting or participating in school events.
University officials investigated after hearing allegations involving sleep deprivation and paddling. According to the Associate Press, police chief Gary Collins also says the chapter also told the pledges what to eat, trying to restrict them to healthy foods.
Mercer students reported the hazing concerns a week after sophomore Ronald Quashie, an APA pledge, was found dead in his dorm room in mid-November.
Mercer officials say there's no evidence that the death was related to hazing.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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alli said on Saturday, Feb 6 at 12:34 AM
That's crazy. I dont understand the fraternity mentality and why people choose to go through all that just to make some friends
mike said on Monday, Feb 8 at 10:16 PM
Wow! Such horrific practices, sleep deprivation, paddling, and enforcing healthy diets. They should be brought up on criminal charges for that last one--unbelievable!
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