Drexel pauses some events after fraternity hazing allegations
The university placed Pi Kappa Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha on interim suspension while investigating reports of misconduct.
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The university placed Pi Kappa Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha on interim suspension while investigating reports of misconduct.
Drexel University in Philadelphia has put a temporary pause on student organization events that involve alcohol or inducting new members. Two fraternities at the school were recently suspended amid misconduct allegations.
Pi Kappa Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternities have been placed under interim suspension after reports of potential sexual misconduct and hazing.
A new Pennsylvania law will require school staff, coaches and other mandated reporters to report suspected hazing in the same way they are required to report other forms of suspected child abuse. CBS News Philadelphia's Eva Andersen reports.
Cheltenham High School cancelled the varsity and junior varsity football programs for 2026.
Cheltenham School District has tapped Chris McGinley as its next superintendent.
The superintendent of the Cheltenham School District resigned after 10 people were charged in a massive hazing investigation into the high school's football program.
A Pennsylvania lawmaker said requiring coaches and teachers to report hazing could help protect children.
State Sen. Art Haywood said he plans to push the Pennsylvania legislature to strengthen the mandatory reporting law after a grand jury investigation found a 15-year-old Cheltenham High School football player was assaulted twice in the locker room. Four coaches are accused of covering up the attacks.
Cheltenham High School canceled the 2026 football season due to the hazing investigation involving multiple students and coaches.
Four former football coaches and six students are facing charges after a 15-year-old student says other players assaulted him twice in the locker room, the Montgomery County district attorney said. The coaches allegedly tried to cover up the attacks to save the season, the DA said.
A former Bucknell University coach has been charged in the death of a freshman football player who collapsed during practice and died in 2024.
In a message Thursday, Cheltenham School District Supt. Brian Scriven said about 19 students witnessed the Sept. 3, 2025, assault and made no attempts to stop it.
A hazing investigation into Cheltenham High School's football team found a student was assaulted in a locker room while other teammates watched and recorded it, according to district leaders. Brandon Goldner reports.
The Cheltenham High School football team's season has been canceled following hazing allegations, the Cheltenham School District wrote in a letter to the school community Sunday.
Cheltenham High School's football season is on hold as the district investigates allegations of hazing within the program.
Both men served in leadership roles while in the fraternity.
Fitzgerald, once a star linebacker for the Northwestern Wildcats, had led the team for 17 seasons.
A college student from Philadelphia says she's the victim of sorority hazing at the University of Pittsburgh.
Eight more members of a Penn State University fraternity are free on bail to await trial on charges that stem from the death of a pledge after an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual.
The Chester County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday that three Conestoga High School football players admitted to harassing their teammate in a hazing incident.
The sponsor of the bill now signed into law, Harrisburg area House Republican Ron Marsico, says hazing is not just a frat house phenomenon.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan confirms that football coaches at Conestoga High School were oblivious to hazing going on inside the team's locker room.
The Conestoga High School community is reacting tonight after the bombshell that dropped regarding hazing allegations involving their football team.
DA Hogan calls this a simple case of ignorance, violence and what he calls a shocking lack of supervision.
