THAT. SHOW IT TO YOU AS USUAL THAT 7 DAY FORECAST ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, THANK YOU. DEVELOPING NOW IN COLLEGE PARK FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND REMAIN SUSPENDED TONIGHT, INCLUDING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. >> ALLEGATIONS POSSIBLY INTO HAZING. THE UNIVERSITY TOOK
ACTION FRIDAY. DC NEWS NOW IS DAVE LEVAL JOINS US FROM COLLEGE PARK. DAVE, YOU’VE BEEN GETTING SOME REACTION FROM PEOPLE THERE ON CAMPUS. TELL US MORE. >> GOOD EVENING TO YOU, BEN. WE CAN TELL YOU MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. WE
SPOKE TO EARLIER HERE ALONG FRATERNITY ROW DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED. HOWEVER, ADMINISTRATOR SAID IN THEIR LETTER THEY SIMPLY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THE ACTION THEY DID THE UNIVERSITY HAS NOT SAID WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED BUT
MULTIPLE CHAPTERS MAY HAVE CONDUCTED ACTIVITIES THAT PUT THE SAFETY OF MEMBERS AT RISK. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF STUDENT CONDUCT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE DESPITE WARNINGS. THE LETTER SAYS FURTHER ALLEGATIONS SURFACED DURING THURSDAY’S EMERGENCY
MEETING THAT LED TO THE DECISION TO SUSPEND ALL ACTIVITIES BY FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES. AS WE SAID, WHILE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS DID NOT SPEAK STUDENTS TOLD US THEY SUPPORT THE DECISION. >> THE UNIVERSITY SEEING STUDENTS AS PEOPLE HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT JUST STUDENTS
AND NOT JUST. >> NOW. MEMBERS FREEPORT FRATERNITY OR SORORITY. I THINK THAT’S MORE IMPORTANT THEM. >> KEEPING AN IMAGE. >> ADMINISTRATOR SAID IN THE LETTER THEY WILL LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION AND ANY PUNISHMENTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY WHAT
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