Tag: Fraternities

WVU Revokes Charter from Second Fraternity

West Virginia University says a second fraternity has had its charter revoked by its national office.

The Morgantown school said Thursday that Beta Theta Pi has informed the university that the local chapter’s charter had been pulled “based on past behavior issues.”

The Charleston Gazette reports that the move comes after Kappa Sigma fraternity’s national office informed WVU last week that the school’s chapter had been suspended since mid-October.

WVU suspended social and pledging activities at its campus-affiliated fraternities and sororities last week following two recent incidents.

Eighteen-year-old freshman Nolan Burch died last Friday after police said he was found unconscious and not breathing at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston confirmed the Nov. 12 incident was alcohol-related.

WVU Suspends Fraternity and Sorority Activities, Student Dies

An 18-year-old student at the center of an investigation into the conduct at fraternities and sororities at WVU has died.

Late Wednesday night, police were called to the Kappa Sigma fraternity. They found someone performing CPR on Michael Nolan Burch. 
Preston said Burch had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. He was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital, where he died today.  

 
Burch, of Williamsville, N.Y., was a freshman majoring in pre-sport management. 
 
This incident follows another involving a different fraternity earlier this week. About 19 members of the Sigma Chi fraternity were arrested reports of a large crowd running through the neighborhood screaming and yelling.
 
West Virginia University has suspended social and pledging activities at its campus-affiliated fraternities and sororities following two recent incidents.
 
WVU Dean of Students Corey Farris says halting fraternity and sorority activities was done with students’ well-being and safety in mind.

California Man Pleads No Contest in WVU Hazing Trial

A California man will spend 10 days in jail after pleading no contest to hazing and battery at a West Virginia University fraternity.

Andrew Nemes of Huntington Beach, California, entered his plea Monday. Monongalia County Magistrate Jim Nabors sentenced Nemes to a total 15 months in jail, and then suspended all but 10 days.

Nemes also must pay a $1,000 fine.

Police say a 19-year-old man was physically assaulted and injured on Nov. 15, 2013, while participating in an initiation at Phi Kappa Psi’s WVU chapter.

Co-defendant Michael Sousa of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, pleaded no contest to hazing in May. He received a 48-hour sentence and was fined $1,000.

Another co-defendant, 24-year-old Christopher Lazzell of Morgantown, failed to appear at his hearing on Monday. 

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