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The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Southern Methodist University is being investigated for possible hazing. The chapter has been ordered to cease all activities by SMY.
According to reports, the university received a tip last week that the PIKE chapter potentially violated the school’s policy against hazing. A university spokesman said that the chapter was ordered on Friday, February 9, to cease activities while the allegations are investigated.
The Dallas Morning News reports that the university’s code of conduct says hazing, being hazed or failing to report incidents of hazing could subject students to disciplinary action.
via Dallas Morning News:
No further details about the alleged hazing incident involving Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity were available. University police did not respond to requests for police reports related to the alleged incident. The chapter’s website says it was founded in April 1916 and is one of the oldest fraternities on campus.
In 2015, an incident involving the same fraternity chapter at SMU was “under review” by administrators after members planned to co-host a racially offensive party, President R. Gerald Turner wrote in a letter at the time. Promotions for the party encouraged attendees to bring out their “inner thug.”
Last fall, SMU’s Kappa Alpha Order chapter was suspended for forcing its members to wear vomit-covered shirts after making them eat hot peppers and paddling them. That chapter can return to campus after its suspension is over in 2021
University spokesman Kent Best said that SMU “will not tolerate hazing in any form.”
This is the latest fraternity suspension in the last year, as schools such as Indiana University, the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, Texas State, Florida State, Ball State, Louisiana State and Penn State have all suspended fraternities.
