All University of Michigan frat events canceled over claims of sex assault and hazing

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Why does it feel like these stories just happen over and over again?

On Thursday night, the Interfraternity Council suspended all social activities for fraternities at the U of Michigan. The claims of sexual assault and hazing included:

From the Detroit Free Press: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/11/10/university-of-michigan-fraternity-sexual-assault-hazing/851402001/
And the Michigan Daily, the student-run paper that broke the story: https://www.michigandaily.com/section/campus-life/interfraternity-council-suspends-all-fraternity-social-activity-midst-hazing

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I agree with this suspension. Seems like a lot of bad behavior among the fraternities. I also noticed that the sororities (who apparently were not part of this) were not suspended. I also agree with that.

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Because they do keep happening over and over again…

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This suspension was not issued by the university but by IFC, Interfraternity Council, which is the oversight for certain social fraternities, not sororities or other fraternities.

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^ Thanks. I re-read that. It makes sense to me.

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However, at Michigan, social events at all 27 fraternities have been shut down. No sororities are affected.

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Note that there are more than 27 social fraternities at Michigan. The count of 27 would be those in the IFC. There are 4 in the MCGC and 4 in the NPHC, which makes the total 35.

The news articles do not seem to say anything about the MCGC, NPHC, or the 8 fraternities associated with those umbrella groups.

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All that hazing, all those arrests, and UMich lost the game to MSU. A really bad, no good weekend.

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@intparent beat me to it.

I haven’t heard about this from my students. I know I have a few frat brothers. Wonder if it’ll be a topic of conversation next week.

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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/11/10/university-michigan-fraternities-suspension/107541260/ says that:

… and there is no mention of any similar action by the MCGC or NHPC with respect to the 8 fraternity chapters that they have under them.