This campus has seen a few hazing allegations in recent years, but no Maryland Greeks has seen the same consequences as six Sigma Gamma Rho students at Rutgers — jail.
The students were charged with aggravated hazing, a felony in New Jersey that carries a sentence of up to 18 months, for allegedly beating three pledges this month.
One pledge, the first to alert authorities, was hospitalized after she said she was paddled 201 times over the course of a week.
The victim told authorities that she was explicitly told that the paddling was not actually hazing, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
In a further action — which this campus is more familiar with after a fraternity or sorority is accused of hazing — Rutgers suspended its Sigma Gamma Rho chapter.
Also in the last week, the Texas Christian University chapter of the Kappa Sigma is being investigated over allegations that some of the fraternity’s members have spent more than a year branding the frat’s letters — and those of the Tri Delta sorority — into another member’s backside.
The victim’s family is still considering criminal or civil charges, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.