A fourth College of Charleston fraternity has shut down due to misconduct
When eager pledges arrive at the College of Charleston for recruitment season next fall, there will be four fewer fraternities on campus to rush.
In late April, the College quietly suspended the Eta Lambda chapter of Beta Theta Pi — the fourth C of C fraternity to shut down in the 2016-2017 school year in the wake of President Glenn McConnell's crackdown on risky, alcohol-fueled behavior at fraternity and sorority events.
The chapter's violations include hosting unregistered parties with alcohol, some of which was purchased using fraternity funds, marijuana use and hazing involving personal servitude and calisthenics, according to college officials. The chapter will be allowed to recolonize in the fall of 2021.
In late August, the college’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was ordered closed three days after a former 17-year-old freshman told police she was raped at an off-campus party. Two fraternity brothers were later arrested in connection with the young woman’s alleged assault.
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