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West Virginia University Partied Too Hard, Suspends All Frats And Sororities

By Cory Buck

Sep 6, 2014; Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers mascot Michael Garcia poses with the WVU cheerleaders before the Mountaineers host the Towson Tigers at Milan Puskar Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 6, 2014; Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers mascot Michael Garcia poses with the WVU cheerleaders before the Mountaineers host the Towson Tigers at Milan Puskar Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /
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West Virginia University suspended all fraternities and sororities in response to several major incidents involving underage drinking and the ensuing violence and risk.

This is why we can’t have nice things. At least that’s the message sent by West Virginia University to brothers and sisters of frats and sororities throughout campus. An 18-year-old freshman was found unconscious and not breathing in a fraternity house, which along with a police response to a 19-person brawl frat house brawl, proved too much for the university.

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In wake of what is actually pretty horrifying events, West Virginia has suspended all Greek frats and sororities indefinitely.

NBC News reports:

"“Nolan Michael Burch, 18, of Buffalo, New York, was in critical condition in intensive care Thursday at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, police and a hospital spokesman said. Morgantown police said they were called to the Kappa Sigma house about midnight Wednesday and found a man performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Burch, who was lying on the floor. Burch wasn’t breathing and had no pulse, police said.”"

This is hardly an isolated incident either. Another WVU frat, Sigma Chi, was suspended after 19 pledges were arrested for drinking and fighting in the street. The two incidents combined forced the university’s hand.

"“The action to halt fraternity and sorority activities while these matters are being reviewed is being done with the well-being and safety of our students in mind,” said Corey Farris, West Virginia University’s dean of students. “That is — and must always be — our foremost priority.”"

Fraternity hazing has long been an issue on college campuses, but increasing numbers of reported incidents are giving university deans pause in the matter. It’s one thing to build a bond through a trial of humorous suffering, but another thing entirely to force reckless drunkenness and pain on 18-year-old kids who may be drinking for the first time, and have no idea what they’ve gotten themselves into. Until safety is more strongly enforced nationwide, expect more frats and sororities to be halted until proper guidelines and regulations are put in place.

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