Dive Brief:

• A fraternity and two sororities at the University of Connecticut are accused of hazing, serving alcohol to minors, and endangering students, the school announced Tuesday.
• The Sigma Chi fraternity and Delta Gamma and Delta Zeta sororities were suspended by the university, which means they lose their chapter registrations, recognition by UConn, and their on-campus housing.
• The three Greek organizations, which have about 450 members all together, have a Friday deadline for filing appeals.

Dive Insight:

Sigma Chi was suspended for three years, Delta Theta for two, and Delta Gamma for one. According to the university, on Feb. 28, members of the fraternity were forced by Delta Gamma members to eat cat food, bob for liquor bottles in a toilet, be paddled, and have their unclothed bodies covered in syrup and flour, the Hartford Courant reported. The university also reported that on March 7, Delta Zeta members forced members of an unknown fraternity to eat dog treats, drink alcohol, and wear body paint and women’s underwear. As of this fall, UConn will have 34 fraternities and sororities with 2,300 members. Earlier this year, UConn suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority for hazing.