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Lehigh University cracks down on fraternities for alcohol violations
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In this April 22, 2017, photo, Lehigh University Police Officers Patrick McLaughlin, back, and David Fleishman, holding flashlight, write a citation for a Lehigh Student for walking in public with an open container in Allentown, Pa. The red cup had vodka in it. Bethlehem Police and Lehigh University Police were working together patrolling off campus student housing along 5th and Morton Streets in Southside Bethlehem.
Add Lehigh University to the list of schools cracking down on fraternities in the wake of the alcohol-fueled Penn State fraternity scandal that culminated in the February death of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza.
Quoting the Morning Call in Allentown, The Associated Press reported that Lehigh, a highly regarded school near Bethlehem in Eastern Pennsylvania, has suspended the Kappa Sigma fraternity through July 2019. The school sanctioned the frat last week following an incident in April that ended with state police arresting more than 40 students for underage drinking at a Kappa Sigma event.
The AP said the move to dissolve the fraternity followed repeated alcohol violations as well as Lehigh’s warning of a crackdown on alcohol violations after four students became ill after binge drinking earlier this year.
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