{"id":4228,"date":"2026-08-20T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:48:10","slug":"kappa-sigma-may-29-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/hazing-incident\/2026\/08\/kappa-sigma-may-29-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kappa Sigma\u00a0(May 29, 2026)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Incident report<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Timeline:<br><\/strong>\u2022 Date of hazing incident(s):\u00a0Fall 2025 and Spring 2026\u00a0<br>\u2022 Date reported:\u00a0May 29, 2026<br>\u2022 Dates of investigation:\u00a0June 5, 2026\u2013July 9, 2026<br>\u2022 Date of responsible finding:\u00a0July 8,\u00a02026\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Description:<br><\/strong>Following an investigation, the University found sufficient evidence to support that\u00a0Kappa Sigma\u00a0had\u00a0engaged in hazing activities\u00a0beginning Fall 2025\u00a0through Spring 2026, including the\u00a0following:\u00a0<br><br>\u2022 It is more likely than not that the\u00a0New\u00a0Member\u00a0Program\u00a0required, caused, coerced,\u00a0or forced new members to engage in\u00a0activities\u00a0that caused physical harm or threat of harm.\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u2022 New members were coerced or forced to engage\u00a0in personal acts of\u00a0servitude,\u00a0including driving brothers\u00a0for social\u00a0engagements.\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u2022 Serving\/Providing alcohol to new members\u00a0during\u00a0multiple\u00a0events.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Violations:<br><\/strong>\u2022 03. Abusive Conduct<br>\u2022 04. Endangering Behavior<br>\u2022 06. Hazing<br>\u2022 10. Misuse of Alcohol<br>\u2022 17. Violation of\u00a0Federal, State, and Local Law<br>\u2022 19. Abuse of the Student Conduct System\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Did the hazing violation involve the abuse or illegal use of alcohol or drugs?<br><\/strong>\u2022 Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sanctions:<br><\/strong>\u2022 Chapter Suspension effective\u00a0July 9, 2026-\u00a0September 1, 2036.\u00a0<br>\u2022 While under\u00a0suspension, the chapter is considered not\u00a0in\u00a0good standing\u00a0and is no longer recognized at the University of Rhode Island.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Outcome(s):<br><\/strong>\u2022 As a result of these findings,\u00a0Kappa Sigma\u00a0Fraternity\u00a0accepted responsibility\u00a0for all charges during\u00a0the student conduct administrative process\u00a0on\u00a0July 8, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incident report Timeline:\u2022 Date of hazing incident(s):\u00a0Fall 2025 and Spring 2026\u00a0\u2022 Date reported:\u00a0May 29, 2026\u2022 Dates of investigation:\u00a0June 5, 2026\u2013July 9, 2026\u2022 Date of responsible finding:\u00a0July 8,\u00a02026\u00a0 Description:Following an investigation, the University found sufficient evidence to support that\u00a0Kappa Sigma\u00a0had\u00a0engaged in hazing activities\u00a0beginning Fall 2025\u00a0through Spring 2026, including the\u00a0following:\u00a0 \u2022 It is more likely than not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hazing-incident","tag-spring-2026"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/student-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}