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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