Penn State cracks down on frats after drunk pledge was left to die in stairwell

Pennsylvania

Penn State University on Thursday announced a series of steps to curb underage drinking in the aftermath of a frat pledge’s death last month, including permanently banning the school’s Beta Theta Pi chapter, prohibiting kegs at parties and postponing Greek life recruitment until next spring.  The school cited research indicating that fraternity and sorority members are four times more likely than their non-Greek affiliated counterparts to be heavy drinkers. Female students who join sororities are 50 percent more likely than other female students to be sexually assaulted, and fraternity members are 62 percent more likely to commit a sexual assault than other students.