The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity was found to have been recently placed on organizational suspension by UCF through the Spring 2013 semester after being found in-violation of disruptive conduct and hazing.
That’s according to new documents obtained by KnightNews.com as part of a public records request filed with UCF for hazing information dating back to 2008.
Lambda Chi Alpha was alleged to have sent new members on a scavenger hunt to Gainesville during the pre-initiation week in order to steal a composite photo from a sorority in Gainesville, one of the documents from UCF says. While a UCF conduct panel found the fraternity not in-violation of theft, they did find them in-violation of hazing, stating that associate members were indirectly conditioned to believe they needed to complete the scavenger hunt in order to obtain membership.
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The fraternity will also be placed on disciplinary probation for Summer 2013, Fall 2013 and Spring 2014, according to a record from UCF’s Office of Student Development and Enrollment Services. Other sanctions handed down to the organization include:
The executive board members of Lambda Chi Alpha must review and revise the pre-initiation week activities for associate members prior to recruitment for the Fall 2013 term as well as write a 3-5 page paper on the organizations seven core values and how they reflect the five core values of the UCF Creed.
The executive board members of Lambda Chi Alpha must also design an anti-hazing presentation and campaign that focuses on what constitutes hazing and meet with members of UCF’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life to discuss how events must be registered.
KnightNews.com is sorting through hundreds of new records from UCF to investigate UCF’s secretive hazing complaint and adjudication process. The incident involving this fraternity is only one of the possibly many more to come from our investigation.
It is not clear at this time if Lambda Chi Alpha appealed this decision.
Continue to check back for more information that is uncovered as we continue reading through these newly release records.
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