Brothers of the Alpha
Sigma
Phi
fraternity,
according to texts and a
Freedom of Information Act
report acquired by The Ann
Arbor News, ran a “40-yard
dash” atop new members’
backs, an incident resulting
in the fraternity’s eventual
removal from campus after
a University of Michigan
Interfraternity Council vote
earlier this month.
The
vote
came
about
after
Hazing
Response
Team’s
investigation
of
Alpha Sigma Phi regarding
allegations
of
dangerous
hazing
activities.
IFC
determined to remove the
fraternity for a minimum of
five years.
Alpha
Sigma
Phi
was
also one of the fraternities
who
disaffiliatedfrom
IFC in September to form
an independent Ann
Arbor
Interfraternity
Council. According to
an IFC statement, this
was due to changes
in city zoning laws in
July.
In
text
exchanges
between the fraternity
members,
they
describe a potentially
serious injury befalling
a
student
after
the
dash. Some members
expressed
surprise
and
regret
about
this
incident,
while
others
attributed
it
to the accepted risks
of a hazing process
called Hell Week. One
member described the
dash as a “normal” part
of the process.
“We had people run
our backs during our
hell week,” a member
said in a group message.
“That doesn’t mean it’s
a tradition or a (good)
idea, but it means (it’s)
become normalized by
us.”
The University’s Office of
Greek Life received these
text messages and emails
regarding the incident in
an envelope last semester.
The office turned over the
envelope to the Ann Arbor
Police Department in March.
The
case
was
dropped
because
the
supposed
victim did not comply with
the investigation, and his
parents claimed to police he
wasn’t injured.
Danny
Miller,
the
international
senior
director of prevention and
accountability
at
Alpha
Sigma
Phi,
told
MLive
the fraternity voluntarily
disaffiliated
from
IFC
before
any
hearings
occurred
regarding
allegations
against
the
chapter.
The University, however,
began
its
investigation
while the fraternity was
still an active member of
the IFC. Because it began at
this time, IFC continued the
investigation despite Alpha
Sigma Phi’s disaffiliation.
As
a
result
of
this
investigation, Miller told
MLive
some
fraternity
officers
were
removed
from their positions and
the chapter hired a live-in
house director.
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