The two Alpha Epsilon Pi members were charged with hazing. The fraternity was booted from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 2015, officials said.
Did the university know they were still in operation?
Alpha Epsilon Pi was kicked off campus as a recognized chapter in 2015, but the organization maintained a presence at the Madison home.
Edit 2: What? Why would it still be allowed to exist? So they did know about it at the university level. What made them be kicked out from the university originally?
The university said in a statement that while it stopped recognizing Alpha Epsilon Pi about a decade ago, the national organization has continued to recognize the Madison chapter, allowing it to exist in the community.
The university does not have the authority to block students from participating in an off-campus organization unaffiliated with the university, basically.
This is america bro they can’t stop these dudes from running a party house, in fact the more they try the more allure it has for the participants. “The bad boy frat” is an american media icon.
Did the university know they were still in operation?
Edit 2: What? Why would it still be allowed to exist? So they did know about it at the university level. What made them be kicked out from the university originally?
The university does not have the authority to block students from participating in an off-campus organization unaffiliated with the university, basically.
They usually have a code of conduct, though. They can put whatever they want in the code, and expell students for violations.
Are US universities in such a situation that they can’t collect enough tuition without tolerating otherwise unacceptable behavior?
Code of conduct at a public university cannot block a student from constitutional rights. Freedom of association is part of the first amendment.
As messed up as it is I don’t think a public university could ban a student from joining the KKK even. Which is way worse than a fraternity
Private is a different matter entirely
minor correction the KKK is a fraternity as well. Maybe they’ve started allowing women in but, historically its an american frat.
This is america bro they can’t stop these dudes from running a party house, in fact the more they try the more allure it has for the participants. “The bad boy frat” is an american media icon.