Dive Brief:

• The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at California State University, Northridge, has voted to shut down the campus’s chapter and withdraw from the school following the July 1 hazing death of a pledge.
• A Cal State investigation of the death of the student, Armando Villa, 19, found that the fraternity engaged in hazing when Villa and other students hoping to join were made to go on a 14- to 16-mile hike, wearing cheap slip-on shoes, after a night with little sleep.
• During the hike, the pledges developed symptoms of dehydration and heat exhaustion, and Villa is presumed to have died from heat-related causes, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Dive Insight:

In addition to the hike, the fraternity held several events every year that were prohibited under anti-hazing rules, according to the university’s investigation. Northridge plans to discipline students after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has finished its criminal investigation. This summer, the university announced new guidelines for Greek organizations and other clubs that require the groups to provide the administration with student recruitment plans in advance and to have members go through new training programs.