USC Frat Suspended After Student Death — Making It 6 Frats Suspended in 2 Weeks

A fraternity at the University of South Carolina was suspended yesterday after one of its members died on Wednesday morning, making this the sixth fraternity suspended in America in the span of two weeks.

The USC chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was ordered to stop all activities, and local police told WLTX-19 that the student, who was unnamed, was found dead in an off-campus building and called his death “suspicious”, though they do not suspect foul play.

WSOC added that the student was 18 years old, and the building that he was found in still had St. Patrick’s Day decorations on the porch, as well as a keg.

This is the sixth fraternity suspension in the past two weeks in America, including the high-profile suspension of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon after video emerged of their members chanting a song about lynching.

Three other fraternities — the University of Houston’s Sigma Chi, Furman University’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Washington and Lee’s Phi Kappa Psi — were suspended for hazing incidents.

And at Penn State University, the suspended Kappa Delta Rho is currently under criminal investigation for maintaining two secret Facebook pages featuring photos of unconscious women in compromising positions.

[WLTX]
[Image via screenshot/WSOC]

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