West Virginia University suspended one fraternity and disciplined three others on Tuesday in light of recent hazing allegations and fights.
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West Virginia University has suspended the Delta Chi fraternity on Monday for a reported hazing incident, according to a campus-wide email.
In the coming weeks, Pi Kappa Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternities will be reinstated at West Virginia University and will participate in spring recruitment.
Earlier this month, a hand sanitizer and mask dispenser went missing from the top of the grand staircase in the Mountainlair, according to a report obtained by the Daily Athenaeum through a public records request.
In response to wide-scale student interest, the Center for Fraternal Values and Leadership is working on a new initiative to provide CPR training and certification for members of Greek Life at West Virginia University.
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Kim and TJ Burch, the parents of Nolan Burch, spoke at a showing of the documentary "Breathe, Nolan, Breathe" on Tuesday for the inaugural WVU Medical Amnesty Week and Hazing Prevention week.
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WVU Greek Life recently participated in the first Big 12 Race, Cultural Diversity, and American History Program.
According to a tweet from West Virginia University's chapter of Delta Gamma, a member has been removed from the organization after using a racial slur over Snapchat.
WVU's fraternity and sorority community is rebranding as it celebrates 130 years on WVU's campus.
This year, fraternity and sorority life at WVU turns 130 years old. With the founding of the West Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity on May 23, 1890, our Greek community became recognized for the first time in our institution’s history.
Everyday, students at West Virginia University are doing amazing things to reach their potential. During the month of January, The DA will spotlight the achievements of these hard working students during National Reach Your Potential Month.
Students in WVU fraternities and sororities have higher GPAs than undergraduate WVU students overall.
The sisterhoods of WVU’s Panhellenic sororities will soon grow as recruitment begins Friday.
Joshua Dower, internal medicine and pediatrics specialist at WVU Medicine, said Nolan Burch should not be dead.
The General Council of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity has voted to suspend its WVU chapter due to risk management violations.
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The father of a WVU student who suffered brain injuries after falling down the WVU Sigma Alpha Epsilon house in November is suing the fraternity and others.
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Gov. Jim Justice vetoed the anti-hazing bill on Wednesday after it passed unanimously in the Senate and was approved by three-fourths of the House of Delegates.
WVU President E. Gordon Gee discussed next year’s tuition, campus carry and the Spruce Street snow day riot among other issues in an interview with the DA staff on Thursday.
The DA obtained WVU Police Department body camera footage from the Feb. 1 Spruce Street gathering, which was dispersed with pepper balls, smoke grenades and a long-range acoustic device.
Eleven individuals have been served arrest warrants over their involvement in the Spruce Street riots on Feb. 1.
The WVU chapter of the NAACP issued a statement on Wednesday to the University disapproving the way WVU handled its investigation into the hanging baby doll, which had a blackened face, found at the Alpha Phi sorority house.
Eleven individuals have been served arrest warrants over their involvement in the Spruce Street riots from Feb. 1.
Update: Headline and article changed to include WVU news release information on Sunday night. Additional information from the international sorority added in at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Information from Morgantown public information officer added at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
TJ and Kim Burch remember their son as a happy and active child.
Despite multiple requests, the University did not provide information by publication time about what caused WVU’s chapter of Alpha Phi to be suspended and put under investigation.
An anti-hazing bill aimed at protecting students involved in organizations outside of University control unanimously passed the Senate last week.
WVU’s chapter of Alpha Phi has been placed on interim suspension and is currently under investigation for an unspecified reason.
The way sexual assault and harassment cases are handled on campus could undergo significant changes if the rules proposed by the Trump Administration were to take effect.
An anti-hazing bill aimed at protecting students involved in organizations outside of University control advanced last week.
I’m sorry for driving here on sorority Bid Day. Wait, no I’m not. This is a road, made for cars, one of which I am currently in.
Excited sisters gathered in the Mountainlair on Sunday to find out which sorority they had been invited to join.
More than two months after a fall on fraternity steps, WVU student David Rusko remains in an intensive care unit.
During this time of the semester, you will start to see a lot of advertisements, social media posts and people out promoting their specific fraternities on campus. It is normal to think to yourself, “What is the deal with fraternities and why are these guys so passionate about this?” Well, h…
Three students agreed to a permanent separation from WVU after an investigation into a student's fall at a fraternity house, according to a University news release.
Administrators of the estate of Nolan Burch, the WVU student who died during a fraternity-related pledge event in 2014, agreed to settle its wrongful death case for $3 million, according to court documents.
When the 2019 West Virginia Legislative Session begins Wednesday, WVU will be lobbying for legislation relating to the higher education budget, anti-hazing laws and campus carry.
WVU students and faculty were kept busy all of 2018.
David Rusko’s family spent Christmas with him at Ruby Memorial Hospital.
After the tragic and untimely death of a childhood friend, former WVU SGA Representative Roger Brent Scott is committed to advocating for pedestrian safety to ensure something similar doesn’t happen again.
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