Duke Fraternity Hazing Investigation

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<p>Police investigate Duke hazing accusation</p>

<p>Posted: May. 23, 2008
Updated: May. 24, 2008</p>

<p>Durham, N.C. — City and university police are investigating accusations that a Duke University student needed hospital care after a hazing incident during a fraternity event in April.</p>

<p>Student Daniel Klufas, of Easton, Conn., and his family have hired a lawyer and private investigator since the incident.</p>

<p>Klufas said brothers in Alpha Delta Phi, the fraternity he was pledging, made him take off his clothes while they threw cold water on him, according to attorney, Stephan E. Seeger of Stamford, Conn.</p>

<p>“Somebody decides they are going to fix his shivering by pouring warm water on him. The warm water sends him into uncontrollable shivering and shock,” Seeger said.</p>

<p>Seeger said the combination of cold water followed by warm water meant Klufas had to be taken to the hospital.</p>

<p>“The behavior the evening of the hazing is at minimum … reckless behavior that caused life-threatening injuries to my client,” Seeger said.</p>

<p>Seeger said that when Klufas tried to report the incident to Durham Police, officers told Klufas he stood to be arrested as well because a state statute says that anyone who engages in hazing can be charged.</p>

<p>“My guy is the victim of hazing. He didn’t haze himself,” Seeger said.</p>

<p>A Duke spokesman said the university can’t comment on these types of situations due to federal law. In general, if a hazing complaint is filed, the university investigates and determines if students should be punished.</p>

<p>Duke has a policy against hazing, with the maximum penalty being expulsion.</p>

<p>The national Alpha Delta Phi Web site lists a chapter at Duke University, but that chapter is not listed on the university’s Web site as an affiliated fraternity.</p>

<p>Klufas’ family is sending private investigator Vito Colucci to North Carolina to look into the incident.</p>

<p>“People need to be held accountable for this, and that’s what we are trying to do,” Colucci said.

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<p>Seems kind of weird that you created an account, "Duke500" (all the Dukies know what this is a reference to), just to post this but whatever. Hate to break it to everyone, but hazing goes on at every school (that is in no way meant as an excuse or support of any kind) and this is by no means a phenomenon unique to Duke. Furthermore, this fraternity ("SAE") is not an actual university-affiliated frat and was kicked off campus long ago because of other similarly shady allegations. It is also reputed to have the worst pledging process of all the frats at Duke, and Duke sends a letter to parents each year telling them not to let their kids join (yet it doesn't seem to have much of an effect...maybe this publicity finally will).</p>

<p>Now, for something good that Duke has recently been in the news for:</p>

<p>DOCTOR SAYS KENNEDY�S BRAIN SURGERY IS SUCCESSFUL
New York Times, June 3 -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy successfully underwent
surgery at Duke University Medical Center on Monday for a malignant brain
tumor, said Dr. Allan H. Friedman, the doctor who performed the procedure.
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/6oaac6%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/6oaac6&lt;/a>
-- Also, New York Times: Kennedy Surgeon a Leader in Neuro-Oncology (AP
story also appeared in Newsday and more than 200 other news outlets.)
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Kennedy-Doctor.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Kennedy-Doctor.html&lt;/a>
CBS Evening News: Kennedy's Successful Surgery (video)
CBS</a> News Video - Top Stories and Video News Clips at CBSNews.com
NBC Nightly News: Kennedy Brain Surgery 'Successful' (video)
msnbc.com</a> Video Player<a href="Raleigh">/url</a> News & Observer: Author Reynolds Price Recalls How Friedman's
Surgery Extended His Life
[url=<a href="http://tinyurl.com/5uveh3%5Dnewsobserver.com">http://tinyurl.com/5uveh3]newsobserver.com</a> | Author recalls how Friedman's surgery extended his life
Duke Med News: Statement of Dr. Allan Friedman regarding Senator Edward M.
Kennedy
||</a> DukeMedNews || Statement of Dr. Allan Friedman regarding Senator Edward M. Kennedy</p>

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<p>actually alpha delt is technically recognized by the university -- they just keep their old name of sae (though alpha delt is making it onto more and more teeshirts and things of that nature). however, ifc is welcoming a new colony of sae to form on campus in the fall (will not be the same group of guys) b/c duke was the alpha chapter of sae and alums are not too happy that the alpha chapter is not in existence.</p>

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<p>Alpha Delta Phi is not recognized by the university; they are only recognized by Alpha Delta Phi nationals as a "Duke Affiliate."</p>

<p>incollege88-- Hazing ostensibly occurs everywhere, but a family publicly hiring a PI to investigate it is big news.</p>