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Zeta Beta Tau will face probation until next year after a university investigation found the fraternity guilty of hazing a new member last semester.
Mike Hayes, the university’s director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said the office didn’t intend to send a message with the punishment, but acknowledged that it serves as a reminder that hazing is still a reality on the campus.
“This is a good wake-up,” he said, adding, “It’s out there. It’s unspoken … It’s not just the fraternities.”
An OFSL memo released in October found that Zeta Beta Tau leaders injured a new member in an induction ceremony earlier that month.
The leaders seated inductees in a circle and forced them to chant the names of Zeta Beta Tau’s founders. If they misspoke, senior fraternity brothers poured water over their heads. At one point in the night, the water mixed with the Shout gel placed in a new member’s hair, injuring him.
OFSL yesterday responded with a 10-month probation, which means Zeta Beta Tau will see more severe sanctions for future violations and will be excluded from university awards competitions, Greek Week and Homecoming. The fraternity will also have to fund an anti-hazing flier and organize an anti-hazing event for the rest of the Greek community.

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