>> MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE WJZ APP IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE SO, ALREADY. IT IS FREE. YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE APP STORE OR SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT WAY, YOU WILL GET THESE FIRST ALERT
WEATHER UPDATES STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. >>> PUSHING BACK. SEVERAL FRATERNITIES SAY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HAS GONE TOO FAR IN SUSPENDING MUCH OF GREEK LIFE ON THE COLLEGE PARK CAMPUS, SAYING THE SCHOOL IS
BEING TOO SECRETIVE ABOUT THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. TONIGHT, WE ARE ALSO SPEAKING TO A FATHER WHO LOST HIS SON TO ALCOHOL-RELATED HAZING. WJZ INVESTIGATOR MIKE HELLGREN HAS BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE CONTROVERSY AND HE IS LIVE ON
YOUR CORNER TONIGHT WITH AN UPDATE. MIKE? >> Reporter: NICKY, SEVERAL UNIVERSITY FRATERNITY PRESIDENTS SAY THAT THE BAN ON SOCIAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING ALCOHOL AND RECRUITMENT UNFAIRLY TARGETS THOSE GREEK ORGANIZATIONS, WHO ARE
FOLLOWING THE RULES. NOW, THE UNIVERSITY DECLINED TO COMMENT TO WJZ TODAY, OR PROVIDE A TIMETABLE ON WHEN THEIR INVESTIGATION WILL BE COMPLETED. THE BLANKET BAN ON MOST GREEK SOCIAL LIFE REMAINS IN EFFECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK, AND SOME
STUDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. >> JUST PUNISH THE PEOPLE WHO MESSED UP. LIKE, THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO MAKE MISTAKES, PUSH THE BOUNDARIES, BREAK THE RULES, THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED. >> SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ARE ABOUT
TO HIT AN ALL-TIME LOW. FOR GOD SAKES, MENTAL HEALTH IS ALREADY HORRIBLE AT THIS SCHOOL. >> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDED NO SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, BUT WROTE A LETTER TO GREEK ORGANIZATIONS, THAT SAID THEY CONDUCTED ACTIVITIES THAT THREATENED STUDENT SAFETY AND
REVISE THEM TO REVIEW AND TO HAZING FOR POLICIES. SEVERAL FRATERNITIES ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE SCHOOL IN WHAT THEY SEE AS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. IN A STATEMENT TO WJZ, JUDSON HORACE, WHO HEADS
THE AMERICAN INTRA-FRATERNITY CONFERENCE SAYS SINCE OUR MEMBERS’ TOP PRIORITY IS SAFETY, WE OPPOSE SYSTEMWIDE ACTIONS WHICH RESEARCH SHOWS THE INCENTIVIZES FUTURE REPORTING AND CULTURES MISTRUST AMONG STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS. SPENCER DOYLE, THE PRESIDENT OF PHI KAPPA TAO
AND A JUNIOR FROM TOWSON, SAYS, THIS SHUTDOWN WAS SO SUDDEN AND WE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH NO ANSWERS. IT IS NOT FAIR TO CHAPTERS OPERATING THE RIGHT WAY. THE PRESIDENT OF THETA CHI SAYS, IT IS DISHEARTENING THAT A FRATERNITY CHAPTER WHICH
IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF CAMPUS POLICIES BEING SUBJECTED TO PUNISHMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. NOT EVERY STUDENT SEES IT THAT WAY. >> I AM JUST HOPING THAT THEY REFORM SOME OF THE WAYS — AND JUST HAVE STRICTER POLICIES AND
TREAT THEIR PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> Reporter: 19-YEAR-OLD ADAM OAKES DIED OF ALCOHOL POISONING WHILE PLEDGING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY THREE YEARS AGO. HIS FATHER SUPPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S MOVE UNTIL THE SCHOOL CAN ENSURE EVERYONE’S
SAFETY. >> JUST WANT THE KIDS TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER, AND NOT HARM EACH OTHER. IT IS RIDICULOUS, THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING, ACTING LIKE MAKING SOMEONE DRINK AN ENTIRE BOTTLE OF
WHISKEY IS GOING TO MAKE YOU CLOSER TO BROTHERHOOD. >> Reporter: THE IFC PRESIDENT SAID IN PUBLISHED REPORTS THAT ONE PRIMARILY JEWISH FRATERNITY WAS SUBJECTED TO ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS
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