During this time, the pledging members had to spend excessive personal time learning about the organization with violent physical activity as punishment for reciting incorrect information, according to the report. The student who reported the incident and three other students participated in the pledging process for Kappa Alpha Psi in October 2021.
The document details how a student went to Gina Keucher, fraternity and sorority life program director, to report concerns about hazing in Kappa Alpha Psi, specifically regarding the student’s friend, who is the subject of the report. Officer Billy Thomas took the initial report. 22, 2022, Wright State’s Police Department responded to the Student Union to take a report regarding a hazing incident that occured in Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Fearing the consequences of speaking, the incidents that would lead to the chapter being suspended in August 2022, were not reported until January 2022, sparking a months-long investigation into the organization.
In the brisk October of 2021, young Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc recruits were looking for brotherhood but soon found a chapter culture of violence and hazing. Graphic by Mairen Donohoe | The Wright State GuardianĮditor’s note:The Wright State Guardian redacted student names from this article for privacy.