{"id":55925,"date":"2025-11-19T08:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/55925\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:51:23","slug":"university-of-houstons-pi-kappa-phi-chapter-shutters-after-hazing-allegations-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/55925\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Houston\u2019s Pi Kappa Phi chapter shutters after hazing allegations \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lucio Vasquez \/ Houston Public Media<\/p>\n

The University of Houston\u2019s Pi Kappa Phi chapter was shuttered following an investigation into hazing allegations, according to the university. <\/p>\n

The university was informed by the national headquarters for the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity that the local chapter would be closed after an investigation revealed the chapter violated Pi Kappa Phi\u2019s risk management and conduct policies, UH said in a news release. <\/p>\n

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The university said a non-UH student was hospitalized on Nov. 3 following alleged hazing activities. Three days later, the fraternity chapter was placed on suspension by the national organization.<\/p>\n

A small group of students was involved in the allegations, according to the university. UH is conducting its own investigation in coordination with law enforcement. Any students found to be responsible for hazing will face disciplinary action up to potential criminal charges. <\/p>\n

\u201cUH is committed to cultivating a campus culture based on respect, dignity and accountability,\u201d the university said in a statement. \u201cThe University is actively connecting with students affected by these incidents to ensure they have access to support services, including counseling, academic assistance and housing resources.\u201d <\/p>\n

Disclosure: Houston Public Media is licensed to the University of Houston System. The university does not play a role in Houston Public Media’s editorial decisions. Read our statement of ethics and standards here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucio Vasquez \/ Houston Public Media The University of Houston\u2019s Pi Kappa Phi chapter was shuttered following an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[163,1182,30507,56,30508,58,57,66,223,30509,30510,513],"class_list":["post-55925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-education","tag-education-news","tag-hazing-allegations","tag-houston","tag-houston-fraternities","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-news","tag-pi-kappa-alpha","tag-university-fraternities","tag-university-of-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}