Penn State plans to drop fraternity, sorority oversight

The university championed the same policies in 2017 following the hazing death of a student.

The university championed the same policies in 2017 following the hazing death of a student.

View this email in your browser HELP KEEP PSU HONEST  PENN STATE ALERT    March 2, 2023 Spotlight PA provides alerts of its latest investigative and public-service reporting about Penn State University. This work is only possible thanks to the generous support of readers like you. You can contribute now here. If you were forwarded this alert, you can subscribe here. ROLL BACK Abby Drey / Centre Daily Times Penn State is quietly planning to roll back its oversight of fraternities and sororities, policies the university championed in 2017 following the hazing death of a student, Spotlight PA’s Wyatt Massey reports. The university enacted more than a dozen changes to its oversight and compliance rules for Greek life after 19-year-old Timothy Piazza died at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on campus. At the time, Penn State said Greek life’s self-governance model had “failed to bring an end to excessive drinking, hazing, sexual assault and overly large disruptive gatherings within their organizations.” Six years later, Penn State’s new administration appears to be easing those restrictions. In an internal memo obtained by Spotlight PA, the university declares it is “time to recalibrate the relationships involved so the pendulum moves toward chapter self-governance, and away from University monitoring and intervention.” READ THE FULL STORY This vital accountability reporting can only continue with your support. Make a gift to Spotlight PA and help us keep powerful institutions like Penn State honest and transparent. As a special bonus, all monthly recurring gifts will be MATCHED 12X by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. SUPPORT THIS JOURNALISM Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Copyright © Spotlight PA / The Philadelphia Inquirer, All rights reserved. Spotlight PA 228 Walnut St., #11728 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1728 newsletters@spotlightpa.org This email was sent to: <<Email Address>> You're receiving this email because you subscribed to alerts about Spotlight PA's Penn State coverage. Receiving too many emails from Spotlight PA? To change your newsletter subscriptions and frequency, you can update your preferences. To stop receiving fundraising messages, you can update your preferences and select "Opt out of Fundraising." To stop receiving ALL EMAILS from Spotlight PA, including all of our investigations and newsletters, you can completely unsubscribe here.