Sorority Gets the Boot

Another Greek organization at Plattsburgh State bites the dust...

Plattsburgh State sorority kicked off campus for hazing

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - A Plattsburgh State sorority - on probation for aiding a fraternity charged in a 2003 hazing death - has been permanently kicked off campus for hazing its own pledges.

Officials say Phi Kappa Chi sorority hazed pledges by blindfolding them, which is in violation of the college's regulations covering student clubs and organizations.

The group was also found in violation for allowing an ineligible student to participate in the initiation process.

Phi Kappa Chi was the college's last sorority without any ties to any national Greek organization. The sorority was on probation during the spring 2004 semester when the latest violations occurred.

In late 2003, Phi Kappa Chi was suspended for aiding fraternity Psi Epsilon Chi, the banned local fraternity that 18-year-old Walter Dean Jennings was pledging when he died of water-intoxication in March 2003.

As a local organization, Phi Kappa Chi will never be allowed to return to campus.

Around 13 fraternities and sororities are still operating at the college.

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