A Quinnipiac University fraternity has been temporarily shut down and student members have been expelled, suspended or disciplined after an investigation into reported hazing, according to school officials.
The university, located in Hamden, Connecticut, has issued fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) a cease and desist order during student conduct proceedings. One student member was expelled, two were suspended, several were sanctioned and many others are being investigated, according to Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs.
TKE is listed as the Kappa Psi chapter, according to the organization's website.
Bushnell said the discipline for the TKE members is "a result of a university student conduct investigation into allegations of hazing.
"Other TKE members have also been sanctioned as part of the investigation, and several more will face the student conduct process," Bushnell said. "In addition, the university has issued the fraternity a cease and desist order prohibiting it from operating at the university until the student conduct process is completed. With the safety and security of our students being paramount, the university will simply not tolerate hazing of any kind by any group or individual and will act swiftly to remove those held responsible from the community.”
The names of the students punished have not been released at this time and information wasn't immediately available on the nature of the hazing incident.
