![]() 'I don’t know what else to say other than that being a part of this fraternity has been very difficult, has caused us physical harm, emotional torture, and interfered with our chances of success in college.' 'When we tried to clean it up, we were told to go immediately to bed without showering and do it in the morning,' the pledge wrote of an incident in September, saying he and others were forced to 'sleep in vomit covered sheets.' Phi Gamma Delta's locker room was 'covered in vomit, liquor, pee, old food, trash, and who knows what else,' a prospective brother told investigators. To hide what was going on inside the frat house on Louisiana Street in Lawrence, black garbage bags were often taped onto its windows. ' largely undisputed level of forced alcohol consumption is exceedingly dangerous and is reflective of the dangerous systemic hazing taking place within Phi Gamma Delta,' wrote Vice Provost Tammara Durham in the document. The probes into Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta at University of Kansas were spurred on by the complaints of current pledges Pledges at Phi Gamma Delta, known as 'Fiji,' were 'under the control and authority of members every waking minute each day' and subjected to an 'undisputed level of forced alcohol consumption,' according to a heavily-redacted 30-page report compiled by outside investigators hired by the fraternities and obtained by the Kansas City Star. Probes into the two fraternities were opened by their national chapters after KU students reported their treatment.īoth chapters have undergone probes before - Phi Gamma Delta was scrutinized in 2012, 20, while Phi Delta Theta underwent probes in 2010, 2019 and August of this year. Others were reportedly made to go for extended periods without sleeping and forced to drink lots of alcohol in a pattern of 'emotional torture' and 'forced servitude'. Pledges were allegedly forced to sleep in sheets soiled with vomit and urine, were rolled into mattresses and violently slammed into walls - leaving one brother with a concussion - and one pledge was even forced to watch a video of a dolphin being mutilated and tortured as a sick punishment. Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta have both had their status as 'registered student organizations' suspended until 2027 - until all of its current members graduate - after investigators uncovered shocking allegations of abuse against pledges. Two University of Kansas fraternity houses have been suspended for their 'exceedingly dangerous' hazing practices. ![]() Greek life at KU has been under fire, with two other frats suspended since 2018 and protests erupting after a female student was 'drugged and raped' at another.One new member got the pledge name 'Dolphin' after he was forced to watch the 'brutal slaughter' and mutilation of a dolphin on video.Pledges at Phi Delta Theta underwent 'forced servitude' and 'emotional torture'.Fraternity brothers routinely wedged pledges between mattresses and slammed them into walls after coming home drunk from bars and parties.They were forced to sleep in 'vomit-encrusted sheets' after trying to clean a room 'covered in vomit, liquor, pee, old food, trash and who knows what else'.Pledges at Phi Gamma Delta were subjected to an 'undisputed level of forced alcohol consumption,' physical abuse and fetid conditions.The Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta fraternities at University of Kansas were suspended for 5 years after a probe uncovered extreme hazing practices. ![]() 'Forced to sleep in vomit-encrusted sheets, slammed into walls causing concussion and made to watch a dolphin slaughter video': Two University of Kansas fraternities are suspended for 'extreme and bizarre hazing' of pledges
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