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UCF fraternity suspended by national chapter

Group not listed as official Registered Student Organization

Published: Monday, April 19, 2010

Updated: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:04

A fraternity at UCF has been suspended due to orders from its national chapter.

According to the April 1 national chapter memo, Kappa Alpha Psi's Lambda Omega chapter was given a "cease and desist," and told to stop all activities as an organization.

"This means that the chapter is officially closed and is not authorized to conduct business or function as an entity on or off campus of the University of Central Florida," said Province Polemarch Ronald Range in the letter.

The ceasing of operations, according to a WKMG report, was due to a Sept. 2009 allegation from an anonymous call to UCF that said a pledge had been beaten and came home with bruises.

That complaint stemmed the voluntary ceasing of pledge activities by fraternities in Sept. 2009.

The allegations spurred the national chapter to place the fraternity on "Inactive status."

According to a press release from the Kappa Alpha Psi national organization, they are placing the Lambda Omega chapter on the inactive status list "as a result of this notification and based upon the fraternity's rules and regulations . . ."

"At this point, the national office is taking the lead on the suspension and UCF is monitoring the situation," said Grant Heston, with UCF News & Information.

The fraternity is not listed on the Office of Student Involvement's website as being an official Registered Student Organization at UCF.

 

 

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9 comments

Anonymous
Wed Apr 28 2010 18:47
Most of these racial fraternities are nothing more than college gangs. They don't do anything to give back to the community, UCF, or to push their members to do better. Having gone to many probate shows, it is quite obvious what the emphasis is...and it certainly isn't education. Real mature guys, you beat the crap out of someone and really expect to call him your brother? Actually, isn't that what like the bloods and crips do before you become a member, you have to like get beat up by everyone before they let you in? Seriously, you go to college to better yourself and remove yourself from that kind of slum life, not to perpetuate it.
Anonymous
Wed Apr 28 2010 07:48
I think the person who was beaten was lying and was just upset that he didn't make the line. He probably went out to some bar, got drunk and got into a bar fight and then decided to blame it on the Kappas. I mean I'm just saying. Something does not seem right about this story
Anonymous
Thu Apr 22 2010 23:33
the suspension is recent, that is what is coming out now.

Back in September, when the September thing happen, it was in the new. In September.

September.

Anonymous
Thu Apr 22 2010 19:05
If this happened in September then why is news only coming out about it now?
Anonymous
Thu Apr 22 2010 09:05
Adam Brock and IFC FTW!
IFC
Tue Apr 20 2010 16:12
Looks like Brock was right after all...
Anonymous
Tue Apr 20 2010 15:47
Dumb Asses!
Anonymous
Tue Apr 20 2010 15:42
DO THESE DUMB ASSES EVER LEARN. HOW MANY FRATS HAVE TO BE CLOSED BEFORE THESE FOOLS LEARN.
Nupe86
Tue Apr 20 2010 15:23
Just my opinion, but does it take all this to become a member of such a prestigious organization, when these young men partake in activities such as this it only goes to show that they care more about themselves that the organization. Remember "Nupes" no one is above the fraternity.

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