Three college frats in crosshairs as hazing claims of booze, burns and hospital trips spark crackdown: school

Three University of Arizona fraternities are being investigated aft respective allegations surrounding utmost hazing and pupil hospitalizations person surfaced, with field authorities insisting the organizations airs a "substantial risk" to members of the school’s community. 

Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Theta are each facing immoderate level of disciplinary enactment stemming from allegations of hazing, according to letters sent by the dean of students and obtained by Fox News Digital.

The school's Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity has been placed connected an "interim nonaccomplishment of recognition," making it 1 of 2 field organizations not permitted to usage field facilities for events until the probe is completed. 

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Three University of Arizona fraternities look disciplinary enactment implicit alleged hazing, according to letters obtained by Fox News Digital. (iStock)

The determination comes amid allegations from caller members that they "experienced burns from blistery liquids, forced depletion of alcohol, intoxicant poisoning and blackouts, resulting successful the hospitalization of Sigma Alpha Mu members," according to the announcement from field officials.

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The University of Arizona’s Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity has been placed connected interim nonaccomplishment of recognition, barring it from utilizing field facilities for events during an ongoing investigation. (Google Maps)

The allegations were submitted to field authorities connected April 22, the missive said. 

A 2nd fraternity, Sigma Chi, has besides been placed connected an "interim nonaccomplishment of recognition," according to a abstracted missive obtained by Fox News Digital. 

The missive states the section is accused of hosting 2 events this period successful which UA students "were provided with and consumed alcohol, and were knowingly and unknowingly fixed drugs," allegations that straight interruption the Arizona Board of Regents Student Code of Conduct.  

Sigma Chi fraternity astatine the University of Arizona has been placed connected interim nonaccomplishment of designation owed to alleged hazing violations. (Google Maps)

As a effect of the alleged intoxicant and cause consumption, respective UA students were reportedly sent to the hospital, according to field officials.

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UA officials person besides placed Phi Delta Theta connected an "activities suspension," meaning the enactment is lone permitted to behaviour concern meetings, aft hazing allegations surfaced, according to a 3rd missive obtained by Fox News Digital. 

Campus officials allege that betwixt the autumn 2025 and outpouring 2026 semesters, Phi Delta Theta’s caller members were "subjected to  forced intoxicant consumption, degradation, humiliation, hazing, and different threatening and endangering behaviors," according to the notice.

University of Arizona officials placed the Phi Delta Theta fraternity connected an activities suspension, allowing lone concern meetings, aft hazing allegations surfaced. (Google Maps)

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Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Chi are scheduled to conscionable with the dean’s bureau this week to larn if the chapter’s nonaccomplishment of designation is permanent, portion Phi Delta Theta was acceptable to conscionable with field officials connected April 15. 

"I mean that’s what you truly deliberation of erstwhile you deliberation of fraternities, not truthful overmuch sororities successful my opinion, but not a astonishing happening to cognize they’re inactive doing each that contempt it being banned astir everyplace I privation to say," UA freshman Acacia Fernandez told 13News.

People locomotion done field astatine the University of Arizona successful Tucson connected Oct. 8, 2022. (Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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"I bash consciousness atrocious for the students who were affected by the hazing, just, you know, the societal pressures that radical person to spell done to acceptable in, I consciousness atrocious for them honestly," Fernandez reportedly said.

In a connection to Fox News Digital, a UA spokesperson confirmed the investigations being conducted into the 3 frats.

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"The assemblage takes these issues seriously, and they are presently being investigated by the Dean of Students Office," the spokesperson said. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi and Phi Delta’s section and nationalist chapters for comment. 

Phi Delta Theta's section section declined Fox News Digital's petition for comment.