"We continue to work with our young men, our alumni, and the University administration to investigate the situation," Phi Sigma Kappa said in a statement.
Details of the allegations were not disclosed. Sigma Alpha Mu and Phi Sigma Kappa were suspended as of Friday. It's just very serious and I think college kids don't really realize that yet." "Because I know that at other schools, this has resulted in death. "I think there needs to be serious repercussions so that these types of things don't happen," one student told ABC7 in an interview. The fraternities were each ordered to halt their USC chapter's operations and all social events until the inquiry is completed by the university's Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards office. LOS ANGELES (KABC) - Two University of Southern California fraternities are being investigated following allegations of hazing violations. Beta Theta Pi was placed on probation for five months.Two University of Southern California fraternities are being investigated following allegations of hazing violations. The fraternity received 13 months of probation, a suspension, a fine and a review of each member from the fraternity's national organization. Multiple members of Phi Sigma Kappa were found to have played a role in both the hazing violation and alcohol violations. Gamma Phi Beta, which also received alcohol citations, received a fine and eight months of probation. More: Tucker Hipps' parents focus on hazing on anniversary of his death Other Greek life organizations cited for hazing include: Gamma Phi Beta sorority for forced alcohol consumption Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity for making pledges to do "personal servitude, calisthenics and inappropriate activities" and Beta Theta Pi fraternity for making pledges engage in "personal servitude, calisthenics, and inappropriate activities." After that, the suspension was extended by three years. Those last three were because it continued to operate as a chapter and threw a party while the chapter was suspended. USC cited the organization with four alcohol violations and three violations of failing to comply with sanctions. Its most severe charge was hazing, which included "personal servitude, calisthenics, alcohol, verbal harassment, and inappropriate activities in the new member education experience," according to USC's website where violations are listed. Tau Kappa Epsilon, casually referred to as TKE or "teek", was responsible for 39 percent of this year's violations, records show. "Students are starting to stand up and take responsibility for themselves." "We really focused on students behavior a lot in the last few years," Hickman said. Rather, the reason the infractions are higher than many previous years is because students are more likely to report wrongdoing, Hickman said. "People see increases in infractions and people assume that means there's worse behavior," university spokesman Wes Hickman said. More: Clemson University to pay Tucker Hipps' family $250,000 as part of lawsuit settlement More: Tucker Hipps' parents to appear on NBC 'Dateline' episode on hazing, fraternities Of those, 10 received violations in the 2017-2018 academic year. USC has 28 fraternities and 19 sororities on its campus, according to its website. The charges were for hazing, alcohol violations and failing to comply with previous sanctions. Despite this year's decrease, the 2017-2018 academic year still had the second-highest number of violations since 2011. That's down from 28 violations the previous year, which had the highest number of violations since at least 2011, the earliest available records. USC cited eight fraternities and two sororities with 23 violations in the 2017-2018 academic year. Fraternity and sorority violations at the University of South Carolina are down 18 percent from the previous academic year, according to disciplinary records.
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