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Seven arrest warrants issued in UT fraternity hazirn
AUSTIN (AP) — Arrest warrants
have been issued against seven for
mer members of a University of Texas
fraternity accused of hazing.
Police say the members of Pi
Kappa Alpha used cattle prods to
shock pledges and burned them
with cigarettes.
Officers said that when one
pledge came forward to report the
hazing incidents, he was assaulted
by one member and threatened with
a baseball bat by another.
There are also reports of paddling,
humiliation, a forced trip to a secret
location and being given food laced
with cayenne pepper, police said.
Court documents filed on Wednes
day said another pledge suspected
Campus
APO gives parents
free babysitting
Alpha Phi Omega, a service or
ganization, will host Parents Night
Out tonight in 301 Rudder from
6:30 to 10.
The organization sponsors this ser
vice three times a semester to give
parents a free night of babysitting.
To participate in Parents Night
Out, parents must bring their children
to Rudder and fill out a registration
form. Parents must show identifica
tion when they drop off and pick up
their children.
Children are paired with a “buddy,”
of betraying the organization by re
porting hazing had his toes broken.
There have been some highly pub
licized hazing incidents at the univer
sity in the past.
In 1990, four members of the Sig
ma Nu fraternity pleaded no contest
to criminal hazing violations. They
were fined $500 and three were sen
tenced to 15 to 30 days in jail. They
were arrested after a pledge was
beaten and led around the room with
a claw hammer gripping his testicles.
Phi Gamma Delta, Beta Theta Pi
and Pi Kappa Alpha were convicted in
1991 of hazing charges.
A grand jury declined to issue any
indictments in two cases in which the
hazing led to the death of fraternity
an Alpha Phi Omega volunteer, and
can watch movies, play with blocks or
Legos or participate in other activities.
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having lots fun.
She planned to talk to elementary
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In 1986, no action was taken
when fraternity member Mark See-
berger died of alcohol poisoning. In
1996, a Bastrop County grand jury
declined to indict anyone in the
drowning death of Gabe Higgins, a
pledge of the UT Cowboys.
Hazing incidents have declined
since Higgins drowned, but some com
plaints trickle in, university officials say.
“It’s an ongoing battle,” said Sher
ri Sanders, UT assistant dean of stu
dents. “There are constantly new stu
dents coming into the system, and
we constantly have to educate them.”
Pi Kappa Alpha was ordered last
week to cease campus activities for
three years because of hazing violations.
woman from San Antonio who be
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“Amelia had a message that she
wanted to deliver to people every
where, and it was that you could live
a larger life, and that people should
have their dreams,” Finch said. “That
message is something we feel is re
ally needed today and we want to
bring it back by remembering Amelia.”
More charges may be filed against
Pi Kappa Alpha members, Austin Po
lice Sgt. Dusty Hesskew said
Wednesday.
The charges filed Wednesday
were based, at least in part, on
statements given by Hunter Bywa
ters, 19, who was pledging the fra
ternity last fall.
Maxwell Lancaster Oliver, 20, was
charged with assault with injury and
Brian Gale Newman, 19, 2323 San
Antonio St., was charged with making
a terroristic threat against Bywaters.
Police said Newman threatened to
beat Bywaters with a baseball bat at
a part held Feb. 7.
Joshua Van Maele, 22; Justin
Louis Tael, 21; Kevin Walen Fricke,
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20; Alan McGregor Watters, 21; and
John Hubert Davenport, 22, were
charged with hazing.
Oliver was the only fraternity
member charged who could be
reached for comment, the Austin
American-Statesman reported today.
“I had no physical contact with
that young man,” Oliver said.
Bywaters was kicked out of the fra
ternity after he went to the fraternity
president to complain about what was
going on, according to a court affidavit.
But some current members said
Bywaters dropped out of the fraterni
ty last fall while he was pledging.
Sgt. Hesskew said Bywaters at
first did not help university investiga
tors because of his loyalty to the fra
ternity. He decided to help,
said, after another pledged
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