11.15.22 | Greek Life, University News
Carolina has created a plaza to highlight and commemorate the Divine Nine, the nine Black Greek fraternities and sororities that exist on college campuses nationwide. The National Pan-Hellenic Council Legacy Plaza is located on South Campus…
Carolina’s chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity has lost its house just off the campus in the wake of drug trafficking arrests that included two of its members. read more
Carolina’s Chi Phi fraternity is in trouble with its national office for alleged alcohol and hazing violations, and the office has suspended it from all chapter activities, including meetings and social events. A second fraternity, Pi Lambda… read more
The UNC student whose body was discovered last year at a Carrboro concrete plant was significantly impaired by alcohol when he fell from a piece of equipment, a plunge that caused fatal trauma to his head, neck and torso, according to an autopsy… read more
Carrboro’s police chief indicated on Tuesday that investigators trying to piece together the circumstances surrounding the death last year of a UNC student had encountered difficulties obtaining new information, but criminal charges still could… read more
Carrboro police say hazing is “not the primary focus, and there is no evidence at this time to suggest that hazing was a factor” in the death of a UNC student from a fall over the weekend. A statement released Tuesday by the Carrboro Police… read more
As of mid-October, 10 fraternities had been accused of hazing pledges this fall — the most reported cases since 2005. Aaron Bachenheimer, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Community Involvement, said that of those… read more
Grade point average requirements for UNC Greeks who want to participate in rush activities will inch up under new guidelines approved by the UNC trustees in March. The Office of Student Affairs also is setting up a new and expanded Greek affairs… read more
Fall fraternity rush was over early this year in a calculated twist on the traditional rush calendar. Student fraternity leaders moved fall rush to the beginning of the year in part to end what has been a period of underground drinking and… read more
UNC should have an alumni association for its fraternities, according to the recommendations of a consultant who performed a four-month review of the University’s Greek system. D. Jordan “Jordy” Whichard III ’79 told the Board of Trustees… read more